Planning for 2013 Planting Day (23 June)

Vicky Shannon (City of Nedlands Environmental Conservation Coordinator) is helping us organise a planting day on Sunday 23rd June 9am-11am. Today I have walked around the bushland to check out possible planting sites for the 500 plants that Vicki has organised for us:

• Allocasuarina fraseriana 150 
• Banksia attenuata 10 
• Dianella revoluta 79 
• Eucalyptus marginata 31 
• Jacksonia furcellata 41 
• Jacksonia sericea 200 

I have identified the following locations for planting (with approximate plant numbers indicated):

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Winter weeding has begun

Weather still feels like late summer - warm sunny days, but we have had enough rain to bring the weeds up ... freesia, geraldton carnation weeds ... so we are back at the old familiar weeding activities. First, on 5 May 2013 we finished of our pelargonium weeding from the previous weeks ... this one was quite a big patch.

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On 12 May we began working along the western fenceline looking for freesias and geraldton carnation weeds, and also came across a few Fountain Grass patches as well to remove.

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On May 19th we continued along the western boundary looking for freesia and geraldton carnation weeds.

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Autumn, Sun Moths, Pelargonium ... waiting for the rain to come

Autumn is always a time of waiting for the rain to come, and with it the weeds. We just cruise around the bushland doing odd things, like looking for the Graceful Sun Moth (which only comes out for a few weeks in autumn to breed before burrowing back into the ground), and pulling out patches of pelargonium that have survived the summer.
March 24, Looking for Sun Moths

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April 7, Looking for Sun Moths

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April 14, Removing Natal Grass

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April 21, Removing Pelargonium

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April 28, removing veldgrass and natal grass

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