On Sunday, Dec 4, Jim and I headed out to the Southern Forest, taking the path from the Jobox. The path eventually crosses with another from the Trail of Cedars and they both intersect with a channel or gully that mostly runs parallel to the Trail of Cedars. In the summer, this gully gives the impression of being a dried up creek bed. Right now, it is filled with water. Somewhat hard to see in the photo below due to the leaves but you can see how the land dips down and how it may have been formed by soil eroded by running water.
We went to the area on the other side of the felled black locust. We noticed that something has been digging holes, really not sure what could have created them.
Jim wanted to tackle some blackberry that was growing high and weaving into three fir trees. It had gotten difficult to see the trees due to the blackberry. I decided to work on the nearest tree:
This is the tree after the blackberry was removed from all around it:
In removing the blackberry, I also found two non-native items: a plastic ball and a metal box. The box was empty.
After completing our task for the day, I walked by the small compost pile I started few weeks ago. It turns out both the Herb Robert and the creeping buttercup in the pile are living and growing. That was an easy lesson learned: Do not leave Herb Robert and creeping buttercup to compost on the ground under moist conditions!
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