We are now into October. It rained the last night of September but the first day of October was beautiful, with sunshine and clear air. Venturing in the park as part of the usual threesome, I forgot my hat and my phone. So there are no photos from October 1. But we went back to the Southern Forest to tackle bindweed. I pulled out several small black locusts and plenty of herb Robert as well. Jim worked on the other side of the downed locust, where I took a photo of the bindweed the preceding week (last photo in this post). Gary did his usual snipping.
Here's what we accomplished in September:
9/3/17: We watered our plantings and pulled weeds (primarily bindweed) in Southern Forest--the area in front of the downed locust. Back at Jobox to end the day, we noticed a segment of garry oak had dried up. Also, a nearby 3-needle pine. We've spent a lot of time talking about the potential effects of this year's dry summer and past dry summers, as well as other possible reasons for dry trees. The garry oak situation appears to be unique, unrelated to drought conditions. I then walked home through the park and encountered the rabbit.
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| The garry oak. |
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| The pine. |
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| The rabbit. Jim claims it's one of two. |
9/10/17: Gary and I started the task of extending our planing area by cutting back blackberry. We talked about the two large dead birch trees, which are dropping branches. Gary thought they are about 55 to 80 feet high and that perhaps they died due to past dry seasons. We watched an aerial show by a sharp-shinned hawk, crows and flickers. I tried to get a video of this but didn't succeed.
9/17/17: We grubbed the area where Gary and I clipped the week before. Found lots of junk along with the root balls.
9/24/17: We continued to grub out roots in our extended planting area. We then walked over to the Southern Forest. The area beyond the downed locust is now a sea of bindweed!
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