The wild mustard grows anywhere from five to nine feet tall, so thick that, when it dries in late summer, you can barely force your way through it.
It looks very pretty for the few weeks when it's all lush green, but when it blooms bright, summery yellow, you know fire season is just another four or five weeks away, and about a million acres of starter kindling is drying in place.
Frankly the area in picture looks like a fire waiting to happen.
Every undeveloped hill in California right now
The wild mustard grows anywhere from five to nine feet tall, so thick that, when it dries in late summer, you can barely force your way through it.
It looks very pretty for the few weeks when it's all lush green, but when it blooms bright, summery yellow, you know fire season is just another four or five weeks away, and about a million acres of starter kindling is drying in place.
Very interesting.I assume they should be managing the brush to prevent fires?