Beautiful rain

The drizzle started shortly after I arrived at the bushland, and continued most of the time we were working - and then stopped just as I was going home - so I didn't have to ride in the rain. John and I worked mostly on pulling out Geraldton Carnation Weed - though there were a few patches of freesia that will need spraying - see map.
Phil was spraying veldgrass in the bushland on Saturday - which was a nice sunny day - Phil must have been checking up on patches missed - thanks Phhil.

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Cold!

It took me an hour for my hands to warm up enough to actually feel the weeds I was pulling out this morning - only 1 degree above freezing. John and I worked in the Geraldton Carnation Weed patch for a couple of hours before heading home for a warming muffin!

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Lachenalia spraying

Nedlands council sprayed the lachenalias this year. This is the first time in some years that contractors were brought in specifically to spray lachenalias. Previously, in an attempt to save money, the spraying has attempted to cover Lachenalias and Freesias at the same time - which worked OK for Freesias, but not for Lachenalias - with the reult that they have been spreading. Thanks to Vicki for organising the spraying this year.

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A plague of lachenalias

Found a few more infestations of lachenalias today when working in the bushland with Vicki - in places where we were not expecting to - which is a bit disappointing - so we marked them for future reference. Vicki will try to get them treated to at least stop them seeding.
Also found Geraldton Carnation Weeds quite wide spread - but the infestations not too dense - so we were able to cover quite a bit of territory.

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Pulling Lachenalias may not be a good idea!

I was late this morning - hard to get out of bed on these cold and frosty mornings - even though it is beautiful in the bushland once the sun comes up. Vicki was waiting for us - in the freezing cold - sorry Vicki!
Vicki had been in the bushland during the week spraying the remaining Lachenalias - was concerned at the disturbance we were causing - so we have decided not to do any more lachenalia pulling for this year - began pulling Geraldton Carnation Weeds instead.

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Still pulling lachenalias

John and I continue on with removing Lachenalia - it looks like an endless task, and is causing quite a bit of disturbance to the soil - is it a good idea?

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