When: Sunday, 30 November 2014, 8.00am to 11.00am; come for half an hour or more – you will make a difference. Where: The Fair planting site, intersection Tay and Ian Nicol Streets, North Watson (map). What: Control of Saffron thistles by pulling and chipping. Bring: Sun protection, water, leather gloves…
Help tackle pesky weeds at the National Tree Day planting site behind The Fair in North Watson. Come for an hour or more – you will make a difference. When: Sunday, 18 May from 9 am to 1 pm Where: Meet at the nature park access end of Ian…
Cut stems close to ground level and immediately treat cut surface with herbicide glyphosate (Roundup or equivalent product) applied at high concentration e.g. 1 part glyphosate : 2 parts water; apply herbicide mix with spray. The plant’s natural protective mechanism acts very quickly to seal off the cut surface which…
Join us for a weed working party at The Fair in North Watson. Help remove woody weeds along Clancy’s track and Paterson’s Curse around the National Tree Day plantings. Check out the young plants: the September rain has done wonders! Unfortuantely also to the Curse. Afterwards relax and join in…
Madagascan Fireweed, Senecio madagascariensis is a serious weed of grasslands and grassy woodlands (grazed and un-grazed). It has been recently found on the Monaro Highway close to the ACT border and on a paddock abutting Antill Street in Watson. It was most likely introduced with fodder. Click Fireweed alert flyer…
Coming up Weed Swap: Weekend 29 / 30 March 2014 from 8.30am to 4.45pm Weed Swap is a joint initiative of the Australian Native Plants Society and the Department of Territory and Municipal Services (TAMS) to encourage ACT residents to remove woody weeds from their gardens, safely dispose them and…
