For some time I've wanted to clear this section along the bank of Julia's Little Creek and establish a stream-bank vegetation community akin to what should be growing there. Shane (aka Julia) had made some incursions soon after we constructed the fence last October, but we didn't ever get time to keep going, so the weeds soon swallowed up any evidence that Shane had done anything. But the best time to be doing this work is late autumn and winter when days are cool. Antoine and Louis, two French HelpXers who spent the past two weeks here, really got stuck into this area, following a renewed attack by Shane a few weeks ago. And they have done good.
We can now, with the help of other HelpXers and Shane, can continue right up to where the fence runs along the road, and then plant in Macarangas and other quick growing pioneer plants that will establish a canopy for later underplanting. I'm very excited by the prospects for regenerating a more suitable vegetation here.
The pile that Antoine and Louis, the Lantana-Busters, have built. For some reason, Dexter and Baxter have taken a liking to lantana and have been happily munching on the prickly stuff over the past few weeks.
For some time I've wanted to clear this section along the bank of Julia's Little Creek and establish a stream-bank vegetation community akin to what should be growing there. Shane (aka Julia) had made some incursions soon after we constructed the fence last October, but we didn't ever get time to keep going, so the weeds soon swallowed up any evidence that Shane had done anything. But the best time to be doing this work is late autumn and winter when days are cool. Antoine and Louis, two French HelpXers who spent the past two weeks here, really got stuck into this area, following a renewed attack by Shane a few weeks ago. And they have done good.
We can now, with the help of other HelpXers and Shane, can continue right up to where the fence runs along the road, and then plant in Macarangas and other quick growing pioneer plants that will establish a canopy for later underplanting. I'm very excited by the prospects for regenerating a more suitable vegetation here.
The pile that Antoine and Louis, the Lantana-Busters, have built. For some reason, Dexter and Baxter have taken a liking to lantana and have been happily munching on the prickly stuff over the past few weeks.
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