Working Bee Words: A big thanks and a rare event

Thanks to all those who were able to come along on a glorious day on our hill in the latest instalment of the Weed War. The weeders were: Jemima & Craig (and Lulu) Ben, Alison (and Ellie), Paul, and Tim. Brief skirmishes were the order of the day with a very useful mix of weeds, good/bad grasses and the odd dog rose flushed out. While we've had better starts to a day (we arrived to discover our 5 newly minted water tanks trashed by a freak storm on Thursday) we ended the session with a discovery (thanks Ben and nice to meet you!) of a rare Clover Glycine patch.



(Glycine Latrobeana) Classified as 'Vulnerable' under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972

National Recovery Plan

SA Fact Sheet

Atlas of Living Australia



We really can't wait to live on the place, build on what we've learned these last few years and develop a considered approach to bush management. Very exciting.

Next month - Alison, Steve and Ellie's place...

Working Bee Words: Emus and BBQs

The August working bee was at Justin and Sam’s place on the 25th . The weeders were: Justin & Sam, Lyndall, Alison, Paul, and Tim. We did an emu parade down the main/ most westerly gully on the lookout mainly for Montpellier broom. This gully has improved significantly over the years and is now well and truly in the monitoring/ minor weeding phase. We encountered some gorse near the northern fence line where we cut and swabbed a few plants, but leaving the rest for the contractor as time was running out. We then raced up to the hill to the house where we sat down to a delicious barbecue in the warm sun and marvelled at the rapidly evolving new landscaping around the house.
~ Tim