On Nov. 13, Jim drove his truck to the park, thinking no one would show up. Robby and Gordon appeared right at 9. There was steady rain--the reason for Jim's pessimism. Gary would show up later, after we had settled working in the Southern Forest. We worked around the plants we planted a year ago. Overall, they are doing quite well! The sword fern below has probably tripled in size. Note the Herb Robert nearby--I took that out. There were a lot of little blackberries in the area as well.
Also, because there's not much of it in this part of the park, I asked the guys to take out creeping buttercup while taking out Herb Robert. Even though the professionals have said it can be left alone, my perspective is that since there's a lot of buttercup in the park, there's no need to have it spread everywhere. The ground was soft with rain so where it was easy to do, out came the buttercup!
We bagged any morning glory we found. But at the end of the session, I made a little compost pile of other plant material. On the bottom is a layer of old ivy cords taken from a nearby pile that's been sitting there for at least 18 months. I then piled on the Herb Robert, ivy, buttercup, blackberry and garden variety weeds that I had pulled up. I will monitor this small pile to see how long it takes to decompose.
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