Young doe about to quench her thirst at a bird bath located in the conservation area near the intersection of Queen Bishop Lane and Strategy Court. (By Rick Sumrak)
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The conservation corners and Isabel Park will be sprayed on Monday 7th June.
This spraying is to remove the red clover in preparation for the sowing of the next group of wildflowers. This is part of the contract signed last year with Coloniial Soil and Water District.
New deer resistant plants have been planted at the front entrance to enhance its beauty. Next photo, the team at work
The clear up of Isabel park has started in accordance with the Isabel Park Management Plan. This picnic area had been cleared up and the chippings spread around. See below for a picture of the area in March.
A special thank you goes to the LPF residents/volunteers who participated in our spring wax myrtle mulching project. The project was a great success.
The healthy appearance of the wax myrtles speaks for themselves.
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Over last Friday and Saturday, several of us removed some overcrowded trees and myrtles and then replanted them in the 'Bare Patch' Resource Protection Area behind Queen Bishop Ln and King Rook Court.
On Friday, 4 LPFers--Greg Browne, Walt Bilksi,Winston McFarlane, Paul Luchsinger--spent 4 hours to gather over 50 trees and bushes from Isabel Park and from the side lawn of Sara/David Jacobs(5177 Q.B Lane)--crepe myrtles, the latter c.m. bushes were no longer wanted and they requested LPF to use them elsewhere if needed. All bushes were placed in green plastic buckets (from the wax myrtle replanting on Wed) for planting on Saturday. These were combined with about 15 wax myrtles salvaged from the replanting by Valley Crest on Wed. 10/21--some were misshapen and not perfect in shape but still with some green and a good filler for inside the conservation corners. Russ Sherazee of King Rook Ct. loaned his truck to transport all the "potted shrubs/trees" to a central location for replanting.
About 55 of our Wax Myrtles were replaced today at several of the conservation corners. The contract includes watering for a couple of days, to establish them.
The next step in managing the corner areas, is to "no till" plant crimson clover, in accordance with the LPF Common Area Management Plan. The "no till" seed drill can be seen working on a Corner lot, in the pictures below. The crimson clover will germinate this fall, and flower in the spring. Being a clover, its roots contain nitrogen producing nodules which will enrich the ground (I'm informed). In the spring, the ......
In accordance with the LPF Common Area Management Plan, the Bush Hog work has been started. The objective is to manage the corner areas so that weeds are better controlled, more consistent in height and appearance (12" to 18").
[Photo: Bush Hog emerging from a Conservation area, 19th October 2009]