Monday 1 July working bee

The next scheduled Landcare session is on Monday 1st July. We’ll meet in Hammett Place, Spence by 09.30.

We’ll walk up to the reserve on the path near the Tudor house.

We’ll continue to check for and remove seedling and sapling Privets, Cotoneaster, Firethorn, Nandina, and Ivy. These are all species whose ancestors were given out in the 1970s for people to plant as their houses were built. They all have berries that birds eat and drop into the reserve or other gardens. 

With the soils still damp it’s usually a case of pulling up the plants but some need to be cut down at ground level with secateurs or loppers. 

There’s at least one ivy infestation for which spraying contractors were called in. The Ginninderra Catchment Group secured a grant to treat the ivy.

Interestingly there’s different death rates for each of the ivy species. Perhaps there’s a difference in the waxiness of the leaves as the waxiness will repel water and the herbicide. 

Rosemary

Tomorrow, 4th Sunday, 23 June, AND the following working bee, Monday 1 July

Tomorrow, 23rd June, is the fourth Sunday and therefore a Landcare session is due at Mt Rogers. 

We’re meeting at Rechner Place, Flynn by 09.30 to resume treating Privets near there and further to the east. 

Monday 1st July would be the next weekday session if you’re likely to be free then.

We’ll likely still be reducing the number of seedlings and saplings through the Mt Rogers reserve. 

Thank you,

Rosemary 

Monday, 3 June, at Rechner Place, Flynn, meeting by 9.30 am

Our next scheduled Landcare session will be on Monday 3rd June.

We’ll continue work on Privet and other berry-producing weeds that have grown strongly due to the La Nina rainfall in recent years.

Meeting place is Rechner Place, Flynn and by 09.30am.

Thank you all for your contributions at working bees and the everyday care you show for Mt Rogers. Conversations with our visitors show that our efforts are greatly appreciated.

Rosemary

Sunday 26 May

A Landcare session is scheduled for Sunday 26th, the fourth Sunday of the month.

We shall meet at Wickens Place, Fraser, by 09.30am. 
Please bring gloves and secateurs and water to drink. 

We’ll be seeking out priority weeds that threaten the quality areas of native vegetation. 

I assume the privet berries and woody weed debris from previous Landcare sessions have been removed by TCCS staff….thank you.

In the last two weeks the Prickly Pear infestation “above” Bainton Crescent, Melba has been reported (again).

And the effects of contractor-spraying of ivy infestations have been noted. 

Scarlet Robins have been seen around Mt Rogers. 

Boobook Owl night time calls were heard coming from Melba on 17th.

Rosemary

Monday 6th May

Monday 6th’s session will begin from Rechner Place (north) in Flynn. Meeting at 09.00.

There are invasive shrubs we’ll walk to and treat in Jacob Place,
and several areas where older trees have numerous Privet seedlings and saplings growing under them.

Thank you,
Rosemary

Landcare sessions on Sunday 28 April and Monday 6 May

Our next scheduled Mt Rogers Landcare sessions are on
Sunday 28th April and
Monday 6th May.

For Sunday 28th we’ll meet at the Wickens Place, Fraser, carpark by 09.00.
The aim will be to tackle St John’s Wort plants pulling them into piles so any seeds drop in specific places or bagging the heads.
Fleabane plants have germinated and grown fast to flower and seed so these will be bagged.
Numerous seedlings have germinated where birds dropped berries and seeds from Privet, Cotoneaster, Ivy, Briar Rose. These may be pullable if the soil is damp.

You’re welcome to bring gloves, secateurs, though we’ll have other tools and supplies of gloves and gaiters.

Thank you if you can make it,

Rosemary

Weeding party on Sunday 24 March

 The next Mt Rogers Landcare  session will be on Sunday 24th March from 09.00am.

We will again be meeting at Mildenhall Place, as there is more weeding awaiting us in the general area near the reservoirs.

Please bring gloves and secateurs if possible. And, of course, water to keep you hydrated….although the weather forecast seems to suggest cooler temperatures at the weekend.

On 10th March Kirsty lead a successful bird-watching walk on Mt Rogers and even found Double-Barred Finches for us to admire.

Thank you Kirsty and to the Landcare volunteers who gave time during the last Landcare sessions,

Rosemary