Tag: Weed Breaks
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Marking Future Transplants During the Dry Season
The dry season is a good time to look for sapling trees, shrubs, and small forbs growing in weedy areas or in spots too close to trails and marking them to transplant later when the wet season returns.
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Some Tasks for the Dry Season
Though the dry season is not the best time to be pulling most of the invasive plants, there is still work to be done.
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It’s Not too Late for Hedge Bindweed
I know it has already started blooming, but I don’t think it’s too late to work on the Hedge Bindweed. Since I don’t know how to eradicate this invasive, I’m only trying to contain it . . .
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The Bradley Method of Bushland Regeneration
I thank Luke McGuff (who works at North Beach Park) for telling me about the Bradley Method of “bushland regeneration.” The method is named after two sisters, Eileen and Joan Bradley, who developed a successful method of restoring native vegetation to degraded natural areas in Australia. Their ideas are relevant anywhere, including our backyard forests…
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Three April Weeds to Pull (Before They Flower in May)
I’m patrolling edges this month, removing invasive annuals and biennials. My top priority is Herb Robert, a.k.a. Stinky Bob, Death-Come-Quickly, and numerous other amusing common names.
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Drawing the Line on Vinca and Hedge Bindweed
A weed break is a narrow line of cleared ground separating the forest from invasives that spread by rhizomes — like Vinca and Hedge Bindweed.