Social Media FTW (for the win)

I enjoy Facebook, just like the rest of the planet, and naturally I subscribe to a whole bunch of posts related to gardening/urban farming. One favorite is Tiny Farmstead. They have a super cute (read: much cuter than mine) blog about gardening in the burbs. Today on Facebook, they posted this bad boy:

Red Dragon VT 2-23 C Weed Dragon 100,000-BTU Propane Vapor Torch Kit

Whos-a-jigga-what? It took me a second, but I figured it out. This bad boy gets attached to a propane tank and burns your weeds. You heard me, BURNS your weeds. So you don't have to put any of that chemical shit on your yard.

Here is a meager action shot:

And as if I couldn't be more excited, here is the description of all the things it can do besides burn weeds:

Flaming reduces or eliminates spraying chemicals and is a lot more fun than pulling weeds. BURN heavy weeds and brush, stumps, debris and more. Perfect to burn off irrigation ditches, fields, culverts, pond edges etc. Start charcoal, campfires, burn barrels and back fires. THAW frozen water pipes. MELT snow and ice off steps, sidewalks, driveways and any nonflammable surfaces. HEAT metal castings, pipe and tubing, branding irons, pots, kettles, tar, asphalt and roofing materials. STERILIZE bird and animal cages, pens and other nonflammable confinement areas. REMOVE paint, grease, oil, plastic and other residues from metal, concrete and other nonflammable objects.

I want one, I want one now.

So I shared this little gem with my husband (via Facebook) and here is the conversation that ensued:

Me: "Holy crap Cary, so this exists"
Husband: "'So how did you burn the neighborhood down? Well officer, we had some weeds and....'"
Me: "You let me grill!!!! Why can't I have a weed burner?!?!?!?!"
Husband: "Cause I've seen what you do with a weed wacker."
Me: "That was an isolated incident and you know it."

I still want a weed burner, I'm a big girl. I can do it!!

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