I think I might have chopped some of that down this morning, was my first thought.
Heh, I actually came head to head with a cholla bush/cactus it's EVIL. Way worse than finger mold. That stuff will stab you
through a hiking boot. If you are inexperienced you try to get it off you with your hand and then you have cholla spines IN BOTH places and it kind of gets worse from there. Our (big) dumb dog once ran straight
through one after a rabbit. Poor thing her tongue was hanging out in happy anticipation ("I will get my furry rabbit toy to play with at LAST!"
Poor thing had spines in her MOUTH. It took the husband like 45 minutes to get to the point she could limp home.
I am an old hand at cholla from hiking. I just looked down at it in deep distain and thought, "Could I leave this ghoulish place without getting bit by cholla?" and since I am an old hand knocked it off with my weed nippers.
You can torch a cholla with your weed torch but it's a futile endeavor. It looks like it's evaporating but it only grows back stronger.
I hate it here have I mentioned? No wonder I thought Douglas was paradise, briefly. I bet WV will be like the afterlife.
We are moving in August. From AZ summer to WV winter this could be a problem.
Anna