Bushcare Hewitts Creek

 Moving South at Flanagans Back to Flanagans . Roadwork is not quite complete. Forecast says cool with wind chill & wind increasing so tog up accordingly. After some checks of our plantings & the two Acacia saligna , the main focus will be moving south in Coupe 1 , with those born to chop moving into Coupe 2 . Asparagus experts still have a lot to do in Coupe 1 & Morning Glory over/through Lomandra is never ending. Bring your bags & I'll bring extras to leave for WCC  to pick up. The following Monday (4th August) we'll be at Hewitts Ck with the usual shift followed by our Annual Foundation Picnic (11th). If you're relatively new to the group its a great chance to meet the delightful reprobates who make up this Outdoor Womens & Mens Shed. 2024 Things Fall Apart: Wind & Deer A tough few days for our trees with a couple of Wattle wind victims on the Stony Road & another Banksia down, west of the Blackberry patch. Our attempt to save the large Hib...

 Bushie Change of Routine We will swap sites, with next week being at Flanagans & tomorrow at Hewitts. This may also give our Flanagans Bowerbird time to repair his bower which was a bit crushed by a fallen branch. I've watered there a couple of times this last week & our babies are all doing well. Offerings for tomorrow: trim most branches from the fallen Banksia on the dirt track in the hope that the tree can survive horizontally repair/rescue/protect a line of deer victims along our track at the creek bend & check our existing protections creek level has dropped so we can get onto Lisa's site , remove rubbish, drag flood wrack off Crinums & bag any Madeira remove the big Asparagus & lay the rest of the cardboard in Manifest Destiny & continue weeding as per last week fish bike out of creek near the bridge. Bikers may care to inspect & add to their collections check SPATE site for continued occupation.  If vacated there are 2 fallen Banksias in t...