Monday 23 June 2008

Tackling the soldiers

John and I took on a platoon of soldiers (Lachenalia reflexa) and the place looked a bit like a battlefield after we had finished - hope we didn't do too much damage to the remaining native vegetation!
By 9.30am we were pretty much exhausted - had a look to see if Phil O'Neil was spraying herbicides - but he hadn't turned up, so we walked around the bushland inspecting the potential battle sites for the rest of this year - a few Watsonia's are beginning to pop up - and Geraldton Carnation Weeds also - better get fit!
Noticed that Vicki has organised Nedlands Council to remove all of the weeds we have dumped near the front gate - Thanks Vicki!

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Monday 9 June 2008

Make Spray while the Sun Shines

One of the trickiest parts of spraying herbicides to control bushland weeds is timing - knowing when to spray to have the maximum effect on weeds - and fitting that in with the weather. Now is the time for veldgrass spraying - just before the veldgrass goes into flower. But now is also the wettest time of year in Perth, so it is not easy to find a gap in the weather to spray.

Last Sunday proved to be such a gap, and we took advantage of it to begin spraying in the bushland (see map below). Phil O'Neil, our very dedicated contractor turned up before 9am on Sunday morning to begin spraying, and I helped out, carrying a hand sprayer to do the odd clumps out of reach of Phil's hose.


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Wednesday 4 June 2008

Just checking ....


Met Vicki and inspected the extent of Lachenalia in the bushland. Then met with Phil o'Neil who is going to be doing the veldgrass spraying shortly to work out what we can do to contribute to the spraying program. Looks like we are going to have a fine break so may spend the next couple of Sunday afternoons carrying knapsacks of fusilade around spraying the bits that are hard for Phil to get to with the hose.


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