10 October 2010
Cinnamon Cunningham's site at Fawcett out of Alexandra is an interesting project.
Bush Tender Grant through Cath Olive at DPI.
We had sown along parts of the creek line in 2007 but very few plants appear to have successfully germinated so far . The plan is to revegetate most of the 120ha property over a number of years with a combination of hand planting and direct seeding . Cinnamon & David run a few horses , four alpacas and one sheep called "Elliott" so there is plenty of long grass and weed covering the site. Lots of fog grass this year and not so much patto.
Because this was a Bush Tender grant the species mixes were very site specific :White Box Grassy Woodlands , Valley Grassy Forest & Swampy Riparian Woodland in three separate boxes and individual species packets .This meant we could match the seed to the landform we were sowing into and had more scope to design the landscape .
The site had been hand sprayed with herbicide along the contours. The wetter season has meant we arrived later than expected and the sprayed pathways were overgrowing in places .
Cinnamon Cunningham's site at Fawcett out of Alexandra is an interesting project.
Bush Tender Grant through Cath Olive at DPI.
We had sown along parts of the creek line in 2007 but very few plants appear to have successfully germinated so far . The plan is to revegetate most of the 120ha property over a number of years with a combination of hand planting and direct seeding . Cinnamon & David run a few horses , four alpacas and one sheep called "Elliott" so there is plenty of long grass and weed covering the site. Lots of fog grass this year and not so much patto.
Because this was a Bush Tender grant the species mixes were very site specific :White Box Grassy Woodlands , Valley Grassy Forest & Swampy Riparian Woodland in three separate boxes and individual species packets .This meant we could match the seed to the landform we were sowing into and had more scope to design the landscape .
The site had been hand sprayed with herbicide along the contours. The wetter season has meant we arrived later than expected and the sprayed pathways were overgrowing in places .
The site was still boggy and we had to 
quickly retreat from 
the spring soak areas.
quickly retreat from 
the spring soak areas.
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