We were so used to having a creek run through our property in Washington. We felt extremely lucky our new home in Glenwood, borders a nice little creek. We were having breakfast at The
Gathering Place one morning when a neighbor came in. Introducing herself - she told us the little stream had a name, Tinkle Branch Creek! (Thank you Courtney for the
twinkle idea!)
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Our view of the creek area~ |
Today was just too beautiful! Another day in the same week, where the temperature reached a wonderful 50+ degrees! We should have walked, but instead drove to the Gathering Place for conversation & lunch, before returning home. Butch is working on the walls in the master bath - I'd planned to work opening all our boxes of books & getting them in the bookcases. Instead, I grabbed my loppers & walked down to the creek.
We have these nasty vines. The only plant I've tangled with so far, with both thorns &
tendrils. The tendrils wrap them selves around anything they come in
contact with. I had a rude surprise the first time I grabbed one to
pull it out of a tree. I didn't see the
tiny, sharp thorns! It grows in a clump, sending out several shoots - similar to blackberry. The new growth is thread thin & weaves tendrils into other shrubs - making it difficult to spot - until it sticks you! I pulled one out over ten-feet long!
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This shows the green of the thorn covered vines, weaving through the shrubs. |
Even once I had them cut at the base, it was very difficult to pull them out of the other bushes. I wanted to get them cut back as much as I could...
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Dumping ground~ |
The banks of the creek have been used as a dumping ground for anything
whoever was too lazy to haul away. Once the leaves were gone, I could see the trash. I'd tried to get down & pull some out - but everything was frozen to the ground. With the fence due to go in one of these days, it would be easier to get the stuff hauled out now.
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Reed Canary Grass~ |
The Reed Canary Grass here too, does it's best to choke out the natives along the banks of the creek. I hope to keep it cut back & eventually see what
native plants I might get started here.
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My final collection of trash for the day! |
By the time the sun was getting lower in the sky, the temperature was dropping with it & I'd had enough! We ended up with quite a collection to haul away! Butch said I might want to re-do the fabric on the glider frame? I don't think so! :-) Nika's favorite
find was a deer skull with antlers!
It's a start! I hope in a few years I'll have photos to post - showing the changes we've made. Time will tell~
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