Plantings under adverse conditions

Planting over the winter has been minimised because of the frost possibility and eventually a few frosts occurred late in the very warm winter but little damage was done to seedlings. Grazing damage by animals, probably hares is a problem though.

Some of our winter plantings in the corridor

 Because of the dry conditions in spring no normal plantings have been possible but we have experimented with strengthing the riparian vegetation by planting near the waters edge in areas of moist soil from seepage - which are often found below a bank slump as seepage is often associated with slumps. This planting was carried out from a dinghy. Species planted were Lomandra Longiflolia, Melaleuca Viminalis ( Weeping Bottlebrush), Casuarina Cunninghamiana (River She-oak) , Melaleuca Bracteata (Black Tea-tree) and a few Waterhousea Floribunda.

Ross and Terry, our regular volunteer, ready to start planting

A small slump with some Lomandra planted at the toe of the bank

One of our hopeful planted seedlings in the foreground but notice the number of naturally occurring ti tree seedlings above which have established in the hard clay

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The value of Lomandra - the tuft in the mid top is still alive atop of an eroded root column about 500mm above the ground surface. It has withstood many floods and is still hanging on!