Thank you to Steve D who has continued his
dogged pursuit of African lovegrass (ALG) with the spray-pack and herbicide. He
is targeting those plants which are away from the mowers’ routes.
You’ll have noticed that rain-restored-ALG is
flourishing all around Belconnen on nature strips and median strips. The TAMS
mowing program just can’t keep up. On sunny days native bluebells shine through
the grasses and thrive in the harshest bare places.
Phil G alerted us to the damage caused by a
grader’s work on the blue-metalled track up to the telecommunications tower.
The track down towards the Bainton Crescent corner is now a flat clay track
with, it seems to us, little attention to the likely flow of rainwater. Phil
has been wielding his shovel over several years in order to create small but
effective drainage routes for run-off. These channels have been self-restoring
with germinating seeds beginning vegetation’s role of diverting water
across-country where erosion is less likely.
Anne, Angharad, Garry and I worked at
removing young Paterson’s curse plants and cutting & daubing Chinese Pistachio
when we found them whilst walking & weeding earlier this week. Angharad has
also researched how grading should be carried-out so we can follow-up on how Mt
Rogers has been land-managed.
Rosemary, Mt Rogers Landcare, 09.04.14.
