On Fri, 15 Apr 2016 07:57:05 -0600, Janet B >
wrote:

>On Fri, 15 Apr 2016 09:45:54 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:
>
>>On 2016-04-15 9:41 AM, Janet B wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Years ago, we used to drive the highways and byways here and look for
>>> wild asparagus growing in the ditches. It isn't safe to do that any
>>> longer since the sprayer guy is hired to spray all those ditches for
>>> weeds. I like canned asparagus too.
>>
>>
>>Do they still do that there? Spraying for aesthetic purposes is all but
>>a thing of the past here, and the only weeds our town sprays for is
>>poison ivy.

Any spray for poison ivy means a total defoliant. Rock salt kills
poison ivy, so none grows along roadways here

>I just assumed that it was still done. I occasionally see signs that
>a property owner has placed in the ditch "no spray zone."
>Janet US

Here lots of salt is put down all winter, then in summer tractors come
by and clear road shoulders of brush with big sickle bars, I've never
seen any spraying.
http://www.befco.com/products/hayequ...sicklebar.html
http://www.tractorspot.com/attachmen...s#.VxEuhBHyC1s