buffy said:

ruby said:

Back from a seed collecting trip to Killcare and Putty Beach with some of the council nursery volunteers.
Viewed a big project from a few years back that used to be all bitou bush and asparagus and bare dunes, now a thriving large area of banksias and wattles and understory plants. Still plenty of weeds….never enough volunteers, but it certainly is heartening to see that things can change for the better if enough people get stuck in.

I went to the wetland before 7.00am this morning to plant out some more Little Plants that I brought back from the covenant on Sunday. They have been hydrating their roots in water since then. Now I will write a report for the meeting tonight. The chocolate lilies that our botanist grew and gave to me to plant out seem to be OK. Some losses, but that was always going to happen, and I suspect some I just can’t find and may well come back up next year. At least one of them tried putting up a flowering stem but it’s gone – I hope the wallaby or rabbit enjoyed it. Lobelia pedunculata (matted pratia) seems happy and is starting to spread. Viola hederacea(Tiny violet) is hanging in there. I’ve put in about 25 species. I’m basically just randomly collecting from our slashed track areas and planting in a sheltered spot with a stick and branch cage over the top of them. I know all of these can handle having a high mow over the top of them in September. And after flowering if necessary. I’m enjoying this experiment.

Good onya too!