In Memory of Tim

25/10/2010

Two sites at the base of Mercers Hill , Longwood .

Susan Sleigh DPI grant & Susan and David did the site preparation for the Mercer family since Tim's death .

Sprayed with herbicide two weeks earlier.

One site was re-seeding a failed site planted in the 2005 drought year.

Soil moisture was good , so lets hope we get follow-up rain .

Helen's Last Bloke

22/10/2010

Helen's Last Bloke of the day was Alan at Warrenbayne.

2.4ha site . Resowing of an earlier job done in 2007 . Alan said the seed germinated well then the plants looked sick and died after a few months . He felt frost may have caught them in late spring . The only plants surviving were Acacia genistifolias which are normally slow to generinate so maybe they missed the frost . These were now 2 metre tall

This site was sprayed a few days earlier and the grass was still long. Fog grass dominated.

There was no gate into the plantation so Justus cut the fence then rejoined it !

( Tom Mahers seed went into this site )

We knocked off at 7.30pm after a long day visiting 5 properties. ( this is a Hagen record )

Helen's Blokes . Number 1

22/10/2010

Bob Whytlaw of Tatong.

Resowing of a 'failed' site done last year .

Bob reported that plants germinated then went black and died . He is worried so we a seeding it again at no cost to the landholder. Helen & I checked it earlier in the year and decided to put some more seed in . I hope it comes good this time !

1ha of riparian woodland.

Stock have been excluded .

The strips had been strayed twice .

Soil moisture was excellent.

The red gums are regenerating well on their own , we added 400 gms of understorey .

Bob is one of Helen's favourite blokes and she guided us to his site .