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This month was cold, windy and wet, and we had only one activity, hand pulling forget-me-nots in In Providence Valley Rivulet gully. The weeds don’t mind the weather at all, but many trees succumbed to the wind. On the second Thursday the mist was so low down on Knocklofty, we had to cancel the activity. November is our half-yearly wayleave …

The weather has been unusually blustery, cold and wet this month. However, we went down into the damp gully of Providence Valley Rivulet, admired the cleared quarry face,  and pulled forget-me-nots and dabbed thistles. Sunday was plant-give-away and flower walk, and we were so lucky to have a sunny morning. It seems a Sunday morning is best for plant-give-away. Today …

This month we started at the end of Poets Rd. and we checked both sides of the Glover Track for gorse, broom, blackberries and fox glove. We also had a good look at the quarry face that was cleared, and shifted some of the off cuts. All agreed that the money well spent on the removal of gorse and bone …

The first Thursday we did roving weeding in KR 13 & 15, east-north east of the big water tower. It is about three years since we worked that area, and we found so few weeds, we can leave it for another three years. The third Thursday we checked KR 7, above the Weerona Trail. After the heavy rain a couple …

This month a big, slow moving, wet, low- pressure system east of Tasmania made conditions poor for bush care. We managed to get one morning’s work in removing small gorse in the area above the Sandy Spit Track, But had to cancel the second Thursday activity.  Though it was misty and sometime a bit rainy, not much water was added …

This month went with wayleave work from the Lenah Valley boundary to Forest Rd. We removed vegetation that might grow up and interfere with the power lines. The fine, new ,sharp, hand saws we were given in November were very useful!. Wayleave is another word for ‘right of way’, and TasNetworks has this across the reserve, granted by the COH. …

Hi Friends of Knocklofty, With the continued dry weather, the bracken and grasses are wilting, and it is easier to see the green gorse, so we did some roving weeding in areas KR 18 and 26. KR 26 is exposed to residential neighbours, and we talked about introduced plants like sticky wattle, Acacia howitii, cotoneaster and pittosporum, and how to …

This month we went down into the Providence Rivulet gully and looked for forget-me–nots. On the upper drier, slope it was good to see, most of the flowers were gone. Lower down there are still plenty to get rid of. Then it was on to an area well past the bollards at the end of Forest Rd. in area KR22. …

The first three activities of the year went well. We checked both sides of the Glover Track for gorse, broom, foxglove, blackberries and hemlock. Then we went to the open area above the Weerona Trail, that we cleared and planted nearly four years ago. The young gorse here was heavily browsed, even the thistles were nipped a bit. Sunday, we …

Thursday was our last activity for the year, and we did some weeding of seedling gorse at 193 forest Rd. Then we had the final morning coffee. Sonya, from CoH bushcare unit, volunteered with us for the day, and also brought two lovely homemade cakes with some homemade Danish Xmas biscuits and fresh fruit, we had a very good end-of-year …