Saturday 16 December 2017
A grant from NRM South allowed the Friends of Mount Field to
buy plants, stakes and tree guards to rehabilitate an area beside a new path to
Russell Falls. We selected musk (Olearia argophylla), dogwood (Pomaderris
apetala) and myrtle (Nothofagus cunninghamii) which grow naturally in the area
and they will make the site more attractive.
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| Meg and Greg planting Musk |
It was most surprising how hard the ground had become in the
two months since we last worked there and that contributed to the task taking
longer than expected.
Some other plants, including a variety of tea tree, were put
in another site beside the Tyenna River to replace young plants that had not
survived. Since doubling the size of tree guards, in February this year, the
plants here had grown very well and only a few had succumbed.
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| Peter trying to hammer in a pole |
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| Watch, this is how it is done |
We finished in time to enjoy a barbeque lunch provided by
Parks &; Wildlife and enjoyed an almond pear tart that was kindly provided
by Gaye Turnbull. Gaye had been a regular
helper during the year, before moving to Canberra.
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| Most of the crew, Peter, Trevor, Meg,Shirley, Greg K, Greg B - Photo by Sue |
“This
project has been supported by NRM South through funding from the Australian
Government’s National Landcare Programme”
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