Re: No Summer Water
- Subject: Re: No Summer Water
- From: &* G* <p*@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2008 18:36:15 -0700
On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 6:12 PM, Bridget Lamp <bridgetlamp@gmail.com> wrote:
> She explained everyone is afraid of fire.
>
> Is it too much to do controlled burns? I lived in Davis where burns happened
> in the summer.
>
> I may be changing the subject, but for all those out there in southern
> California, is this what everyone is thinking out there?
Las Pilitas nursery has a lot to say about that:
"Thinning out the flammable bushes and removing the dead grass or
controlling the grass and weeds with sprays will make you more fire
safe. Removing all 'brush' and replacing it with grass, is STUPID. The
brush trade off is always erosion versus fire. Low density(the foliage
has five to ten foot gaps between plants for shrubs, 50+ foot gaps on
trees) are this compromise. Ice plant does not hold hillsides, its
ecology is for the hillside to slip, which spreads the iceplant.
Grasses also also have very shallow roots and are prone to slides.
Most of the native brush burns slower than the plants you replace them
with. A watered apple tree burns better than an unwatered Ceanothus."
http://www.laspilitas.com/fire.htm
