Tim’s winter creek - yet to start flowing - was the site of Sunday’s working bee (Lyndall, Craig and Tim) in perfect weather for working in the bush. We noticed that the dry frog pond in the creekline was choked with the weed Black Nightshade (Solanum nigrum) so it was decided to hand pull them out to prevent plants polluting the water when they became submerged and rotted down. It was good timing because the nightshade plants were developing green berries, so we made sure that all the plants were disposed of well away from the pond and the creekline. When the pond fills up it will be good to hear the frogs calling again in appreciation of their newly renovated pond! ~ Tim
So a foggy and soggy Sunday turned into a beautifully crisp and clean autumnal afternoon. The gorgeous little winter creek on the high side of the track gets a fair amount of water during the wet months and with the H2O comes our web-footed friends. Unfortunately, in the interim also comes the dreaded weed but the recent rains combined with the gusto of a hardy few turned this...
into this...
in around three hours doing this...
The enemy - Black Nightshade
And for those who weren't able to be there you missed this!
All pics courtesy of Lyndall & Tim - thanks guys!
Lyndall also snapped pics of some pretty little flowers and this little bug dude - anyone know what he is??
Not to mention the other dudes...
A beautiful day of death and destruction by the few on behalf of the many. Lest we foliate.
