Bushcare Hewitts Creek

 Minor jobs  Such as: instal more protectors for recent plantings, especially along "Rabbit Ridge"/ Stony Road more Morning Glory is climbing trees both sides of the cycleway. Its also expanding again at the back of the Blady Grass. Over at Woodlands Ck we could spread out some of the flood wrack & wash down & straighten up the "browned off" plantings Coolatai clumps by Woody Ck have been isolated by the flood & are ripe for being pulled/dug out Blackberry & Crofton behind Steve's Beach require removal/ cut &paint ...and then there is Lisa's site, Andrew's Mistake & the rest of Manifest Destiny  

Deputy Ian Condons corner turkey rhubarb at west entry and in coast wattles east side. Lots of seed to bag, Morning Glory, Lantana cut back north west corner South east corner, cape ivy in casuarina and baby Nightshades, Morning Glory and a big flowering Cassia . Big blackberry behind Steves Beach, moth vine, crofton Morning Glory and Nightshades. Weed around our surviving plantings 2023 Same, same - an edit of parts of last week's worklist Like last year   Cassia   (Senna pendula var. glabrata) is showing us where it is and inviting removal. Bag any seeds (there won't be much) but there are some from last year in places. Most importantly, remove as many flowers as possible. The Old Forest (between cycleway & creek) has some Turkey Rhubarb , Morning Glory and Creeping Christian (Trad) Blady Grass area is again under Morning Glory attack with flowering Turkey, Fleabane & Cottonbush   On the east side of the cycleway some Lantana , Cassia &...

Take over Flowing Lantana 20m south of Meeting Point , east side of the cycleway and Morning Glory over saltbush and casuarina 10m further south A bit of watering will be needed in the Stony Rd area & we should do some quick weeding at the back of the Blady Grass before heading under the trees at Manifest Destiny to take on more Cassia, Cape Ivy & friends. There is considerable work waiting around Condons Corner on the Turkey Rhubarb , but choppers will also be provided for. 2023 Choice this week Hunt down the real Morning Glory on our western edge (note that we normally pick on Coastal Morning Glory )  Bag the Fleabane on and around the SPAT fence Follow up on something you have done before, or Gain inspiration from what we did this time last year  2022 Weed of the week Hydrocotyl , also known as: water pennywort, floating pennywort. This pennywort is prohibited matter, but see Wikipedia - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennywort  Priorities In the Old Forest (be...

 Deluge results Saturday's early morning deluge not only flattened half of Manifest Destiny , it washed away our recent plantings. So we plant as many Bleeding Hearts (& others) as is feasible at Manifest Destiny & behind the Blady Grass.   (2023 was Day off for Easter Monday) 2022 Problems Most of us should work west of the cycleway on Andrew's & Lisa's sites if they are accessible. Manifest Destiny has Morning Glory rolling across the floor & up the trees so I'd like to get there too.  We'll leave a "They Went That Way" pair at the Blady Grass area should you be fashionably late.