Spring and Summer 2016

Weeding freesia and Geraldton Carnation Weed

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7th August 2016

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14th August 2016 - weeding around planting area for Banksia project grant

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4th September 2016

Watsonia Weeding

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11 September 2016

Geraldton Carnation Weed

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30 October 2016 - monitoring of quadrats in Banksia Woodlands project, removing geraldton carnation weed.

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6 November 2016 - Geraldton Carnation Weed and Freesia

Veldgrass

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20 November 2016

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27 November 2016

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4 December 2016

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11 December 2016

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18 December 2016

Winter 2016 - almost normal rain!

Feels like we have had almost the normal amount of rain this year ... even though we are still over 100mm behind our average (only 455mm so far this year - should be about 560) ... but much better than last year. Even so, many Jarrah trees are dying due to diseases and insect attacks.

29 May 2016 - Beginning winter weeding - looking for bulbs after first rains - found a few lachenalia

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June 5 2016, Looking for watsonia, Fungi beginning to emerge

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June 12 2016 Weeding Geraldton Carnation Weeds

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June 19 and 26 and July 10 - counting new plantings in Barrens

July 17 Weeding around plantings in Barrens

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July 24 Weed monitoring

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Photos corresponding to these locations are shown below. In summary, there are lachenalia at #1 and #6 - not flowering yet.
#3 is a large infestation of pelargonium - may be good for a community weeding event.
Site #2 - Albucca/Ixia (not sure which) - coming up but not in flower yet. Lots of Banksia have fallen down here - may need to cut dead branches to get at the plants.
Site #4 - freesia scattered through area - not dense - spray or hand weed?
Site #7 - pigface infestation - do we remove it?
Remainder - freesias - not flowering yet.

Site #1

Site #2

Site #3

Site #4

Site #5

Site #6

Site #7

Site #8

Site 9 and 10

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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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

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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Long Autumn

We have had a long autumn this year ... winter only arrived this week ... we have been having mainly sunny days and cool mornings with only occasional showers until now. Life goes on in the bushland despite the long autumn, with the winter weeds beginning to emerge and wildflowers such as hovea coming out in flower.

Part of the reason for the long delay in posting is that Google has done something to the Blogger Platform which makes it very difficult to make posts  ... when I try to edit the HTML the cursor disappears ... I discovered that I can get it back by reloading the page ... I wish Google would not keep making changes that make it harder to use their system ... I may need to change to another service...

8th Feb 2015 - removing veldgrass

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22nd Feb 2015 - removing veldgrass

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1st March 2015 - removing veldgrass

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8th March 2015 - removing rubbish left by a camper

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15th March 2015 - removing veldgrass

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29th March 2015 - removing veldgrass

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26th April 2015 - removing veldgrass

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3rd May 2015 - collecting seed - for rehabilitating 'The Barrens' by planting food plants for Carnaby's Cockatoos (project funded by Dept Environment, Parks, and Wildlife)

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10th May 2015 - collecting seed - and mapping marked trees (identifying trees potentially significant to Nyungah elders)

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17th May 2015 - removing flinders ranges wattles (currently in flower and easily found)

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24th May 2015 - collecting seeds for cockatoos project

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31st May 2015 - collecting seeds for cockatoos project

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7th June 2015 - weeding Freesia and Lachenalia

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14th June 2015 - weeding Freesia and Lachenalia

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21st June 2015 - weeding Freesia and Lachenalia - end of Autumn - we have been having quite a bit of rain for past couple of days - the long sunny autumn has come to an end (just as we reach the shortest day of the year!).

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