Diario del proyecto Mahogany Creek Bushcare

28 de agosto de 2023

Bushcare 28th August 2023

After a break of almost a month it was good to see what has happened with the spraying of the arum lilies, it seems to have had an impact but largely still not sprayed yet so we spent time today removing flower heads and some early seeding plants . The unseasonal warm weather seems speeding the growth of the arums . We also planted about 50 plants today syszgium, juncas lomandra, leptospermum. Great team effort today and some new volunteers!

Publicado el agosto 28, 2023 11:14 MAÑANA por mirv mirv | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

22 de mayo de 2023

Bushcare Monday 22nd May

Hand removal of arum lily, ivy and honeysuckle and mopping up small areas of sprouting elderberry from the areas that were sprayed. Focus will turn to the larger areas of arum lily with the possibility of spraying and also Tradescantia fluminensis (trad) where the creek approaches Illaroo Road.. Closer to Pitt Street a patch of ivy 20sqms has been largely removed

It appears asparagus fern is appearing in small clumps, these will be located and removed

Most of the plantings in April have survived. Additional plantings of sunshine wattle and slender rice flower. Additional plant species to be sourced: Coleus australis, and endemic grass species

Publicado el mayo 22, 2023 01:44 TARDE por mirv mirv | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

20 de marzo de 2023

Bushcare Monday 20th March

A great session today starting to see the impact of our efforts and getting ready for a planting session on April 24th. Significant areas are now cleared of elderberry and honeysuckle. Brown Cuckoo-Doves and yellow breasted robins spotted

Publicado el marzo 20, 2023 02:05 MAÑANA por mirv mirv | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

31 de enero de 2023

Bushcare Monday 23rd January

2 New volunteers to start the year and new plans to start a second site on Mahogany Creek downstream soon. Work has started on what will be our first major planting site. The elderberry infested area treated previously with a herbicide is now dying off hopefully we can start to restock with natives in Autumn. The Shoalhaven Bushcare nursery has agreed to provide three trays of plants and our own mini nursery is underway hopefully planting our first 50 lomandras. We also collected seeds from hardenbergia. More sightings of swamp wallabies, an echidna, trigger plants in flower.

Publicado el enero 31, 2023 12:28 TARDE por mirv mirv | 1 comentario | Deja un comentario

15 de enero de 2023

Bushcare Monday 9th January

New volunteers joined in as we tackled more of the honeysuckle and Wendy sprayed the elderberry . Our seedlings are growing and should see us planting more lomandra at our next session. An echidna was spotted during the week along the creek.
After 6 days it looks like the herbicide sprayed on the elderberry is having an impact. We also seem to have had a big impact on the arum lilies , we will start applying herbicide at our next session to the lilies now that we can access the area more easily.

Publicado el enero 15, 2023 02:57 MAÑANA por mirv mirv | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

29 de diciembre de 2022

First and last post for 2022

It was a big year for Mahogany Creek Bushcare with the clearing of extensive areas of arum lily, elderberry and honeysuckle and starting work on the lantana, privet and camphor laurel. We planted Over 200 plants of varying species. Wildlife sightings were extensive with eels in the creek, various frog species, swamp wallabies, water dragons, bandicoots, wombat and echidnas, and over 30 species of birds. We had 7 volunteers join us across the year. We also had a wonderful indigenous walk with council rangers Ronnie & Adam to view some axe grinding grooves on the creek bed.

In 2023 we will hopefully start off spraying the new elderberry re-growth and having largely controlled the spread of arum lily we can poison the new growth and start extensive plantings. Also in 2023 we will hopefully see another Mahogany Creek bush care group forming on the Northern side of Illaroo Road. Council will also be looking at doing drainage works and restoration of the creek.

Publicado el diciembre 29, 2022 10:27 MAÑANA por mirv mirv | 1 comentario | Deja un comentario

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