Tuesday 13 October 2015

Heading into a long hot summer ... continuing with Geraldton Carnation Weed

It feels like it is going to be a long hot summer ... and it has only just begun!

Continued weeding Geraldton Carnation Weed this sunday.

Sunday 11th October
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Tuesday 6 October 2015

Monitoring Perth Banksia Woodlands Restoration Project - Shenton Bushland

The Friends of Shenton Bushland and the City of Nedlands have obtained funding to restore a degraded area in the bushland to provide food and habitat for Cockatoos in the Perth area.

As part of The Friends' contribution to the project we have been collecting seeds to plant out, and monitoring outcomes from the project.

Monitoring sites
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Seedling counts:
Originally planted July 2015: 2072
Living plants counted October 2015: 1720 (83% survival)
Dead plants counted October 2015: 146
Assumed dead plants not counted October 2015: 206

Transect monitoring photos:
Transect 1 photos:
Pt 1

Pt 2

Pt 3

Pt 4

Pt 5

Pt 6

Not sure which point this is! Could be Point 1 again
 Transect 2 photos:
Pt 1

Pt 2

Pt 3

Pt 4

Pt 5
Pt 6

Thursday 1 October 2015

Short Winter

Winter has vanished so quickly ... now we seem to be heading into summer already!

Last weekend of collecting seeds for the Perth Banksia Woodland Community Restoration Grant 

28 June - Seed Collecting
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Starting to weed Albucca / Ixia along the Defence Department fence along the western boundary.

5th July - Removing Albucca or Ixia Weed
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There was quite a bit of Albucca or Ixia - will take a few weeks.
2nd August - continuing Albucca / Ixia
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9th August - continuing with Albucca / Ixia
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22 August - starting to look at other weeds
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 In September we began working on Geraldton Carnation Weed which was a bit delayed by the long autumn.

9th September - beginning to work on Geraldton Carnation Weed
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End of September - began monitoring the Banksia Woodlands Project planting area ...

27 September - Monitoring site of Banksia Woodlands project
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