As a kid we used to have races against the tumbleweeds, if was a lot of fun! We also would grab three really round ones to store for Christmas to make snowman with...🙂
Tasha the Amazon is so charismatic, as well as knowledgeable! Her plant videos, albeit too short for my taste, are always great content! Keep doing them please :-)
In some areas of the Karoo they’re everywhere! When I lived in SA I went between Cape Town and Durban area a lot. It was a sight to see as we drove through the Karoo and also see some cool mountains and caves. Such a beautiful place.
Every time I see a tumbleweed I can only think of the greatest music video ever created - Carbon Leaf’s “a life less ordinary” where a zombie tumbleweed traverses America to find his orchid love 😂
Interesting how most of the tumbleable plants are all in the Amaranth family. Edible leaves and seeds, several species were domesticated by the native people of Central and South America. Shoutout to Quinoa and grain Amaranth. :)
In East-Europe tumbleweed blowing through the streets means "this place is boring"... I love that plants. And now I know they from our corner of the world :-) thank you
If you can talk about ferns that would be cool. Its a plant every person knows the name of, but few people know how ancient they are. Great episode as always. Love from South Africa
Thank you for adding this feature love this series. Please talk about Tehachapi California bane: the Evil "Star Thistle". No matter how thick the jeans or gloves goes through and for years it was my job to mow or weed wack them.
The amount of times tumbleweeds almost killed me in Arizona splattering across my windshield, I'm glad they're dead! 🤣...But, I still love that you covered this plant!
When I worked in Kazakhstan as a helicopter pilot, we’d often takeoff and land amidst a tumbleweed stampede lol. First time I saw it there I was like “Wtf, you’re a long way from home!” Apparently not.
Loving the lighting in this one, also thanks for your excellent work. Always bit especially today, the nephew loves your materials, thanks for your virtual essence.
I live in a town/city in the desert. Every once in a while, after a storm, I'll find a piece of tumbleweed in my front yard. Interesting that they originated in Russia because they really invaded the western USA.
If you've ever driven down the highway when a bunch of tumbleweeds are coming at you, they seem like a charging herd. They also explode when they hit your car, and have a similar impact feeling as a small bird. If you've ever played the game serious sam, that's how it feels driving down a highway being "attacked" by tumbleweeds....
They are incredibly invasive, pull them out when their young to help reduce numbers. Honestly it can be a job itself doing the work as there are many. But it needs to be done to make sure they don't outcompete other native plants.
The wild American old west theme is popular in Japan. A story I heard was about a Japanese tourist driving through the southern US. She spotted a tumbleweed and was so excited that she pulled over, collected it, and put it in the trunk.
We eat the Amaranth almost every week. It's quite a popular leafy vegetable here in South India. It makes hearty stews with its sweet and salty leaves - quite delicious and nutritious.
I used to live in El Paso Texas wich has very windy days during the spring and one time I was driving to my aunt's house and there was a tumbleweed about the size of the car in the driveway. We had to park in the street. I don't remember how we got rid of it but I think it just go blown away from the wind.
I freakin' love tumbleweeds! When I saw the skittering around OK and AZ they look animated, like living things. Living things that are having a blast! I saw one in Tombstone that was about 7 feet high. Bums me out to hear that some in the US are invasive. They were among my favorite characters that I met in my trek from MA to Tuscon to Grand Canyon to CO via UT. And because of their animated "behavior" that is just how I viewed them. As characters. Some of the best and most entertaining people I met were round, dried up, dead bushes, LOL! And they were in competition with many homosapiens who were also animated and entertaining. But there's something about the tumbleweed that just cracks me up! Thinking about being one in my next life, even though it means being dead. I just want to roll and skitter around all day. I'll definitely be the non invasive variety though! 🤣
Early spring, in NM, on the plateau, those things are everywhere. We'd clear them in the morning, we'd have to clear them again. I told the other worker the story of Sysyphus.
I don't know.. I was stranded in the Wyoming high desert (we ran out of gas... That's a whole OTHER story) and watched tumbleweeds roll by for hours while waiting for a Human to drive by.. I was pretty sure I'd be part of a tumbleweed before I actually found someone to help us.
