LANDCARING UPDATE APRIL 2014


Thank you to Steve D who has continued his dogged pursuit of African lovegrass (ALG) with the spray-pack and herbicide. He is targeting those plants which are away from the mowers’ routes.
You’ll have noticed that rain-restored-ALG is flourishing all around Belconnen on nature strips and median strips. The TAMS mowing program just can’t keep up. On sunny days native bluebells shine through the grasses and thrive in the harshest bare places.
Phil G alerted us to the damage caused by a grader’s work on the blue-metalled track up to the telecommunications tower. The track down towards the Bainton Crescent corner is now a flat clay track with, it seems to us, little attention to the likely flow of rainwater. Phil has been wielding his shovel over several years in order to create small but effective drainage routes for run-off. These channels have been self-restoring with germinating seeds beginning vegetation’s role of diverting water across-country where erosion is less likely.
Anne, Angharad, Garry and I worked at removing young Paterson’s curse plants and cutting & daubing Chinese Pistachio when we found them whilst walking & weeding earlier this week. Angharad has also researched how grading should be carried-out so we can follow-up on how Mt Rogers has been land-managed.


Rosemary, Mt Rogers Landcare,  09.04.14.