Bushcare Hewitts Creek

Festival of the boot We will plant in various locales while the more Revisionist minded might re-shape Blackberry, Crofton and Lantana at various sites.   One relatively dry site will be among the flowering Cassia along the Stony Road so choppers should be happy. There's still some Polygala to finish nearby and a lot of Morning glory at the back of the Blady Grass area.   Turkey rhubarb tracing on offer at Condons Corner. I also have a few more "nursery items" for our recently chopped zone. 2023 Missive from Macca Aiming to deal with weeds in grassy areas like Coolatai , Polygala & two or three localised issues. 2022 Cycleway upgrade Council said a new stage of the cycleway upgrade is coming soon-ish: from the Tramway Creek causeway to the south end of the Hewitts Creek Bridge. Asphalt will become concrete, width stays the same except for the last 15m before the bridge where it widens to 3.5m and includes bollards in the centre & on both sides.  A 10 we...

Native Planting Conditions Idyllic Start in the area between the back of the beach & the cycleway aiming to remove Crofton , morning glory , Turkey rhubarb, Mother of Millions & again repress Blackberry . We will also have some planters putting in Coastal Spinifex , Lomandra , Myoporum , Breynia , Westringia & some Correa .  We need the liberation of beach Crinums while we plant. Condons Corner , Steves Beach & some spaces in the New Forest . 2023 New Survey Those areas into which we have not recently been went feral in our absence.  Lisa's Littoral, Manifest Destiny & Andrew's Abomination were each disappearing under a weed wave that will gladden the blades of the Choppers, encourage the Cutters and tweak the imaginations of the Unravellers. Bags & Secateurs+ required.  Some bravery may be required to cross "the Moat" but more genteel work is available amongst our more secretive ground cover weeds south of Gillett Bridge . 2022  Blackbe...

Jobs to do in the wet Weeding along the Cycleway Edge and/or Beach & Lagoon Edge Clean -Up. Gumbies & Web Footed Choppers could monster a new patch of Lantana & Crofton on the west edge of our planted area. ​stay on the path to avoid a bath ​if you stick to the beach you won't see a leech 2023 Cool The temperature will feel like 5 degrees. So rug up and look to work on the most sheltered sites. Four Crinum lilies had been destroyed & others hacked nearby, so a tidy-up may be needed. Keep a lookout, a very healthy Red Bellied Black Snake was sighted last week in the grassy area west of McKellar Glade 2022 weed of the week - Coolatai Grass 2022 Five pressure points: Morning Glory & Blackberry in the Blady Grass area, with cut & paint on Blackberry* if it stays dry. Coolatai Grass is up & setting seed beside Woodlands Creek with Bidens & Cassia are also rampant Morning Glory is thriving between the beach & the cycleway just south of the Hewitt...

 Soggy, soggy, soggy  High ground and inspiration from previous years. 2023 Weeding a dream Condons Corner & the South-East Corner will be priorities and the Polygala / Cassia / Lantana front between the Cycleway & Stony Road should be dry underfoot & ripe for the ripping. Polygala Vulgaris 2022 Vine Identification The morning forecast suggests that we'll have ideal conditions for a cool weed of the drier parts of the site. Bags & Secateurs probably best tomorrow as Morning Glory rampant and Cape Ivy also on the march in places. The leaves are a bit similar for these two but the flowers and seeds are very different.