The Blackberry Patch
Tyenna River Reserve
Saturday 16 July 2022
Last month a dense patch of Blackberry was noticed on the bank of the Tyenna River. It was our first task for the day, but it proved to be a bigger one than anticipated. Being close to the river would make spraying doubtful, so we decided to tackle it with loppers and mattocks. Some Broom and other weeds were also removed from nearby.
Another Blackberry plant or two are further downstream and will be considered when we return to get rid of any regrowth in the todays patch
By the time this was finished it was lunchtime and the afternoon was spent taking off tree guards that were around trees and bushes that had grown well beyond the guard heights, some were quite difficult to get over the top of trees.
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| The remaining patch of Blackberry |
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| The bare ground that was covered in Blackberry in photo above |
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| The Blackberry removers at the pile Ross, Stephen, Howard & Greg |
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