Planting continues
Tuesday 21st October 2025
We're back at the paddock that Riding for the Disabled used to use, finishing off the initial planting there. It was done in very short order, since we had a good turnout, then we went back to the nursery for a fairly early morning tea.
The plover had gone, but the pukeko were prowling. Rabbit holes were plentiful too. We think we've planted things that are unpalatable to rabbits. Let's hope so. We've provided rabbits with lunch before, and don't want to do it again.
Thursday 23rd October 2025
We took a chance on the forecast rain and planted the sprayed areas where we were on Tuesday. There were a dozen of us, so the work was done very quickly and we packed up just as a light drizzle started.
There is more to be done, and there is so much water around that we'll be able to plant for another month. There's even a little stream trickling across the field.
However, future work depends on finding a spray that will deal with convolvulus. There is no point whatever in planting without dealing with the convolvulus first.
30th October 2025
This week, the last in October, we did some more work on the new planting above RDA and, because of doubtful weather on Tuesday, replaced some of the weed mat beside the shade house. The new planting is going nicely. We had a chat with the Council mower driver, who told us that the Parks Dept has a flail mower which will handle rough ground. It doesn't get much rougher than this convolvulus-filled paddock, full of rabbit holes and churned up by horses.
