Filed under: Hornfels Ridge | Tags: Beechworth, Hornfels Ridge, indigenous native planting, Revegetation, sustainability, Tree planting
We spent yesterday afternoon planting out indigenous native shrubs and trees in the gully closest to the house site. We put some plants in last year but the site desperately needs many many more. Pete has been fencing the gully to ensure no stock graze it allowing for good plant growth, reduced compaction and reduced erosion through soil disruption. It has been a big task fencing as we decided to do both the top and bottom end of the gully in one hit so I think we have used over 3km of fencing wire.
Looking down into the bottom of the fenced Gully
It was a wicked frost here yesterday (and today) but we had a lovely clear day with it and it was great to be in the sunshine for a few hours. We got over 180 plants in yesterday with the help of Jock, Sophie and Sam and we put in over 50 a few weeks ago with some neighbours but you can see that the site will take a lot more and that’s only the top end!
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[...] 28 June , 2010 Patons Book 442 – Totem or Treasure: 11 family knitting designs Posted by Rebecca under Knitting, Sam | Tags: Boys jumper, Cables, jumper for 3yo, Patons Book 442, Patons pattern, Progress on Sam's Jumper | Leave a Comment There has been no progress over the past 24 hours as I have been rolling Fregie Sacks(r) and working in the vegie patch… you can have a look at our tree planting efforts yesterday over here. [...]
Pingback by Patons Book 442 – Totem or Treasure: 11 family knitting designs « Sticks and Stones June 28, 2010 @ 9:25 pmwow, that’s a huge task–and I get overwhelmed by my tiny suburban block!
Comment by chiara June 29, 2010 @ 9:25 am