Saturday I participated in a Ridge Ranger work day to thin oaks around the main Scrub Lupine planting area to allow for additional plantings this year.
As I was clearing small oak trees I noticed a significant amount of broken glass in the sand.
I returned Sunday afternoon to remove as much as I could get.
I also noticed a double recliner and other debris that had been dumped along Hobbs Road and decided to attack that problem over the following days.
I collected three five-gallon buckets of cans, bottles and other debris from the roadside on Sunday. I returned on Monday and Tuesday to dismantle the recliner so I could salvage the iron infrastructure that makes it work for recycling.
This will also make for lighter load when Polk County Roads & Drainage gets around to mowing and, I hope, removes the debris from the roadside.
There has been noticeable increase in roadside dumping in the neighborhood on road sections that do not run in front of houses. It consists of a variety of furniture, household debris and construction debris.
It is becoming a real eyesore.
