Posts by Judy Watts
Landcare Connections – Autumn edition
Landcare Connections – Autumn 2011
Read MoreRiver Redgums
If you take a drive around the low lying areas of the Goulburn Broken Catchment, you will see one tree stand out from the rest; The River Red Gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis). Another thing that stands out is how big and old (sometimes hundreds of years) the majority of the often solitary Red Gum trees are. This leads to the…
Read MoreSorting , Cleaning & Cataloguing Seed
Seed collected for the Lorax Project is currently being sorted , cleaned , weighed and catalogued ready for storing in the Goulburn Broken Indigenous Seedbanks coolroom. This seed will be available to community groups and local nurseries for propagation and use in future re vegetation projects across the bushfire areas. This fresh , diverse and…
Read MoreWetland plants
Whether it be the Yea Wetland, a frog bog around the house, a dam in the paddock or a water course, you’ll often see the same types of native plants occuring in these various wet environments. All of these plants have an important role in providing fringing vegetation which are a food source and a home for many frogs, insects, mammals…
Read MorePhascogale found!
While checking nest boxes the other day, we were delighted to find a Brush-tailed Phascogale (or Tuan) curled up in one of the boxes. This particular home-made box has been up for a number of years, and the phascogale is the first known inhabitant. Phascogales need hollows for shelter and nesting. Due to the large-scale…
Read More‘Accenture Australia’
28th February 2011 Holly removal from the gardens of the historical “Hermitage” Guest House on the Black Spur at Narbethong. Thirteen employees from Accenture joined Phil and Janet from Landcare for a peaceful day of ‘cutting and painting’ wild holly with loppers and herbicide. The original gardens at ‘The Hermitage’ were laid out by Baron…
Read MoreMount Waverly Legends Ron and Bevis Ellis grow Bottlebrushes
ount I had the privilege of meeting a wonderfully active retired couple in Glen Waverly last week . Ron and Bevis Ellis have been growing plants in their backyard for the Landcare Bushfire Recovery Project for over 18months . Ron specializes in growing bottlebrushes from cuttings and he had 700 more ready for me to…
Read MoreSeed collecting for Lorax Project
Seed collecting activities began on the 20th of December and have been intensive over the past 10 days. Sarah Roberts and Janet have been working together to collect seeds in the Marysville, Eildon , Cathedral Range , Lake Mountain and Strathbogie Ranges areas.Cath Olive is collecting around Taggery , Yea and the Black Range .…
Read MoreHappy Christmas EVERYONE see you again next year
There were many international volunteers in the group , this girl had only been in Australia for five days . New Coordinator Phil Rance helped out in Chris’ absence ( Mary has badly broken her ankle and is in hospital awaiting an operation )and enjoyed his first day working with volunteers. The bus driver spent…
Read MoreGumboots Essential for Aquatic Planting
6/12/2010 Kinross Farm Flowerdale 20 volunteers from the Commonwealth Serum Laboratory . Parkville (Biotherapies & Human Viral Vaccines plus 11 volunteers from the Department of Planning and Community Infrastructure. Spring Street Office. Janet & Karen Brisbane . Our very first aquatic planting day , yes we were actually planting sedges , rushes and reeds ,…
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