Dear Editor,

You may have seen me with shovel in hand along the Summer Road (at the east of St. Anton Highlands that goes down to Boulder Canyon). During the summer over the past couple of decades, I have been working to eradicate the nasty Canadian Thistle that was thriving on this sunny southern exposure with water drain-off - and have pretty much cleared the area except for one section at the bottom that is too steep for me to access by foot.

I have noticed a couple of Canadian Thistle “hot spots” up at the top along the east end of Ridge Road. Instead of me knocking on doors and asking for permission to dig up this invasive weed on private property, I thought I would just ask via this letter to the editor that if you see this weed growing on your property along Ridge Road, could you dig it up (or at least chop off the heads where the seeds grow).

Now is the perfect time before these plants seed and spread in July/August.

Thank You!

Wayne Bailey

St. Anton Highlands