Bushcare Hewitts Creek

Just smile & nod like normal  Here's the list Ian asked Ted to publish: several smaller jobs along the cycleway a bit of watering for the Woodlands Ck plantings Ross! there appear to be Lilies emerging hammer in steel posts with chicken wire to protect the Condon Cedars (& take a nice pic to send them).  Splitters!! & continue into Manifest Destiny to weed weeds. there's a little high quality sieve work to be done at the Madeira site [Then BYO picnic feast] 2022 Weed of the week  Lambs Tongue or Ribwort Plantain . Plantago lanceolata A number of weedy sites to attack. More Turkey Rhubarb , Formosa  Lily , Nightshade & Cottonbush and the ubiquitous Morning Glory to be dealt with but also a new wolf in sheeps clothing: Lambs Tongue (Ribwort - see above). Still a bit of sawing needed in places and a desperate chopper might find work in Manifest Destiny.

The monarch of weeds, Madeira Vine .  Now we can be a real Bushcare Group engaged in a never-ending battle with Anredera cordifolia. Its on Lisa's site, probably floated in when the lagoon was at its highest, and it becomes our top priority because it never sleeps, can grow 10m in one Spring/Summer & is extremely difficult to eradicate. Great care needed. Intrepid choppers may have some work nearby because the lagoon level has dropped a bit and long loppers may be able to reach the skywards stretch of some big lantana . Blackberry botherers can return to the Big B but those bags have yet to be removed. McKellar Glade also needs our attention to some big Thistles that have emerged. It may be a morning for armour. 2022 Plant planting Some  50 keen young plants to plant this week in expectation of some rain coming. Two hours of planting, weeding, beach cleaning. Afterwards we adjourn for 8th Foundation Picnic. The Circle is up around the creek bend, an early BYO lunch with

Solid precipitation We need a big enough break in the weather to allow us to work without getting soaked. Check the BOM . If we do work it would mostly be along the cycleway, at the Big Blackberry near Steve's Beach , at McKellar Glade & along Woodlands Ck . 2022 War declaration A declaration of war on Privet & Blackberry . We have some fallen timber cutting up to continue with, Blackberry is "a hardy perennial" & there is an outbreak of Turkey Rhubarb just begging for attention.  Asparagus Fern fans can play along the creek edge and out in the Blady Grass .  Cottonbush flowers are inviting removal. We'll order some plants this week in expectation of some rain coming so there will be some planting to be done next Monday 

Chewed Out This year it is rabbits, the whole warren had been dining out on the green salad we set before them last week. Work can continue beside Woodlands Ck for two choppers & the Blackberry team is welcome to attack at the back of Steve's Beach. We should also clean out some Polygala et al along the cycleway. 2022 Deer damage Some overgrown ground covers  and a few nursery graduates were taken down to the site Thurs/Friday. A number of our sapling stage plantings have suffered Deer damage (see below). We will need a couple of Post & Chickenwire gurus to consolidate the current flimsy stick protection. The Blackberry Brigade have a bit more to do in the Blady Grass and also behind Steve's Beach where another big Banksia is down, allowing access to a new Blackberry patch. Weeders can do a sweep of our west edge for Bidens , Cottonbush , Nightshade & the first Lilies to show. We hope to also relocate a few more Lomandras & Dianellas to fill gaps along