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dpack
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Mistress Rose
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tahir
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sgt.colon
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Mistress Rose
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dpack
Joined: 02 Jul 2005 Posts: 46249 Location: yes
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Posted: Wed Nov 16, 22 12:10 pm Post subject: |
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i went planting yesterday, 50 yrs ago that was sand, ashes and bracken
the fern in a temperate rain forest is rather nice
i could have taken loads of pretty, big camera, snaps of autumnal woodland, the mission was planting another few acres, it is done
snaps later if i am spared
thinking of specimen trees there are a 3 huge conifers which have a rather "interesting" look, did i plant sequoia? tis possible
big thanks to tahir for a splendid amount of oak and other tree seeds and for providing lots of sea buckthorn for a very sandy rocky bit that has resisted greening over many plantings
knowing the landscape helps, it is a challenging landscape, the safe paths are pretty moody, off the path can be excellent training
a mix of steep, environmentally degraded, hillsides and historical quarrying(pre 1870)
a few bits have been "claimed" i had already planted them and they are mostly near vertical:lol: so they will be ok (and if you want to go climbing getting in is a doddle )
it looks a bit different to the last time i was in it, and different to the summer before last google earthpro aerial snaps, which were very useful in the planning for this stage
the different areas were packed in different containers and delivered in 3 hrs of heavy rain
the less sunny side is turning into temperate rain forest mosses, lichens, ferns. the start of a forest soil with a very diverse young (there are some older than the current PM) trees, a few are splendid specimens, many little ones are naturals from ones i planted
the sunnier side has some from 20/30 yrs ago plantings, it now has another couple of acres of oak and conifer pioneer seeds as well as a "challenging environment" mix for 2 streaks(both had "grassed over" so i recon they have a small amount of stability and less toxic top layer than they had)
i could ramble about details but i won't
i am a happy bunny, the rain forest thing is ace and i got the grits out of my eye
it has changed a lot over 60 yrs
i did hearts and minds with a few folk as well, dog walkers in heavy rain usually like the place they are, they do and now some know why and how it has changed
as the flora is very diverse as a starting point and the landscape is as it is there is a fair chance that this patch will continue to evolve |
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dpack
Joined: 02 Jul 2005 Posts: 46249 Location: yes
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dpack
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NorthernMonkeyGirl
Joined: 10 Apr 2011 Posts: 4630 Location: Peeping over your shoulder
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dpack
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sgt.colon
Joined: 27 Jul 2009 Posts: 7380 Location: Just south of north.
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Mistress Rose
Joined: 21 Jul 2011 Posts: 16004
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dpack
Joined: 02 Jul 2005 Posts: 46249 Location: yes
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dpack
Joined: 02 Jul 2005 Posts: 46249 Location: yes
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Posted: Thu Nov 17, 22 1:31 pm Post subject: |
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Mistress Rose wrote: |
Well done. I agree about taking out the rhodi in the areas of trees, and perhaps more as it inhibits other plant growth. The only way I know of getting rid of it is to set Guides and Scouts on it for years; very effective. And it does burn as we used to use it on our camp fires once dead. I wouldn't recommend it though.
Is that a Harts Tongue Fern? Hard to see from the picture. |
it is the option used in some places , iirc it took about 20 volunteers and 3 rangers a day to remove one about the size of the big one that must go, i can murder it in under an hour, i has a few stems big enough to drill, fill and plug, after that it will die and rot(eventually), there are trees around it that will shade out any seedlings it has dropped as they are at the growth spurt stage
i will try ninja first, the suitable poison is in the post and will be filed in the shed until spring, timing matters with assassinations
i cannot decide about the R. in a couple of open areas, it has shown initiative where others feared to root
re the fern i have idea, i can tell ferns from mosses and liverworts and maybe name less than a handful |
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dpack
Joined: 02 Jul 2005 Posts: 46249 Location: yes
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