Tuesday 27 May 2008

What's that smell?

The lachenalia are quite bad this year. Started working just near the path at the junction, and at first there didn't seem to be much, but half an hour later I could see I had barely moved more than a couple of metres and the pile of lachenalia on the footpath was quite impressive.
Decided that we need to be strategic here. Clearly, there are more weeds than we have resources to deal with - so how to proceed? Those two ladies (The Bradley Sisters) had good advice - work around the edge of the infestation - at least that way we can make the infestation just a little bit smaller each year.
So, I am working anti-clockwise around the edge of the infestation.
At one point I noticed quite a pungent aroma - a bit like dead meat. Following my nose I came across these very smelly fungi - no idea what they are. Do you know? Please let me know if you do!


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Tuesday 20 May 2008

Mound(tains) of Black Flag

Black flag is on the march - for example, noticed a mound of dumped soil covered in Black Flag that is now beginning to spread out into the neighbouring bushland - need to deal with this soon!


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Monday 5 May 2008

A busy day!

It was a busy day for sure - pulling out veldgrass and freesia in the bushland from 8 to 9am, followed by a committee meeting from 9 to 10.30am. We discussed bushland management plans. We also began to plan for a fund-raising day in August - a day to bring the community into the bushland and enjoy the wildflowers.


At 11 am we helped in the 'Save Underwood' rally - over 100 people turned up to enjoy the speakers, music, and the bushland itself.



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