October Monday working bee on 14th October

In view of the forecast strong and gusty winds we have decided to
postpone the Landcare session (that would normally have been on Monday 7th)
until Monday 14th October.

Then, we’ll meet at Mildenhall Place, Fraser, again and at 09.30.

Rosemary 

Landcare on Sunday 22 September

There will be a Landcare session on Sunday 22nd September from 09.30 am, 
meeting at Mildenhall Place, Fraser.

We will continue to pull privet and other seedlings-saplings, as well as treating any other invasive species we come across whilst moving west through the reserve.

If you have mini-mattocks please bring them as the soil has dried out compared to months ago when we began this preventative weeding process.

We have some pairs of gaiters available.

Thank you,

Rosemary

Working bee for tomorrow 2 September CANCELLED

The Landcare session scheduled for Monday 2 September has been cancelled because of the forecast of wild windy weather. 

We may reschedule the session for Monday 9 September. Check nearer the time. 

Rosemary 

Monday 2 September wander and weed!

On Monday 2 September we'll meet again at Schey Place in Spence for 9.30am. Five of us had a successful session on Sunday 25 August from that starting point. Many many many baby privets (and some baby ivy) lost their roots!

The wattles are starting to bloom, and the native clematis (cream colour) and native sarsparilla (purple) are in flower. 

Rosemary  

Landcare on Sunday 25 August

 Greetings Mt Rogers Landcarers

The next scheduled Landcare session is due on Sunday 25th August.
We’ll meet in Schey Place, Spence at 09.30am.

We’ll continue to search for and pull up privet seedlings and saplings 

and any other similar invasives that have germinated from berries. 
The soil remaining moist makes the pulling mostly successful. 

We certainly don’t want these seedlings to grow into large berry-bearing trees 

and set Mt Rogers biodiversity back 30 years!!!

We can supply gloves and secateurs.

Rosemary

Landcare on Sunday 28 July

Greetings Mt Rogers Landcarers,

The next scheduled Landcare session is due on Sunday 28th July.
We’ll meet in Schey Place, Spence at 09.30am.

We’ll continue to search for and pull up privet seedlings and saplings and any other similar invasives that have germinated from berries.
We can supply gloves, gaiters and secateurs.

Rosemary

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