The local Landcare group has been busy planting in great conditions as the best way we know to “head off” the weed problems that usually plague us in summer. We have needed to be a little cautious with the numbers of plants going in as hot days can make watering necessary but have been lucky so far. We planted 650 plants in 2011. Since the last Chronicle we have been at Gurranba and Burnage Reserves and Carey Bay Wetlands.
On February 2nd we will be at the wetlands in Excelsior Pde with the Green Team of additional volunteers and a professional leader from the Lake Macquarie Landcare Office. This wetland contains– Puntei Creek – the catchment watercourse for a lot of Carey and Kilaben Bays. This landcare project has been replacing a large area of Blackberry and other serious weeds with native plantings that have thrived. It has been a big project. We have one serious advancing weed to struggle with – one of the Trumpet Creepers , a garden escape.
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