2014 – Page 2 – LandRemedy Blog

May 2014 – Knotweed Recedes in Importance

photo of weeds — Knotweed resprouts are not as numerous as other undesirable interlopers we weed from the slope these days.

photo of knotweed — A wimpy knotweed resprout. Its days were numbered.

photo of dogwood, knotweed — These resprouts, in front of the silky dogwood, managed to get taller. We removed as much of their rhizome as possible.

April 2014 – Phragmites Revisited, Again

The east end of the pond is the shallowest. One day, the wind blew all the dead stalks into that area, so I gathered up as many as I could into piles. Then someone with more muscles came along with the tarp or tractor, and hauled them over to the burn pile.

photo of stalks — More dead phragmites stalks

another photo of dead stalks — More dead phragmites stalks

photo of dead phragmites — When they’re wet, they’re heavy, so I make smaller piles.

photo of another pile — another pile of dead phragmites

photo of alders — Pruned alders at the pond’s E end