I’m continuing the work of clearing in the fence rows. This is the line that runs away from the former
rose thicket and bounds the field I mowed a few weeks ago. It’s finally getting to the point where
conditions resemble a row more than a wide band of brush.
Some sections are relatively easy to work in now that I’ve
spent a couple of years removing the larger invasive specimens. My primary targets are Autumn Olive and
Multiflora Rose.
I did some work in this section last year and successfully
eliminated many invasive plants. The red
flags marking invasives are in areas that were not treated last year.
My clearing efforts have taken me up to the area of the
original fence itself. I’ll have to
trace the route of the old fence wire and clean up some random junk before I
take the mower into that area.
Some people have expressed displeasure with the lack of
color in my winter posts. Since I only
post current photos, I’m limited to what nature and my activities have to
offer. I present these red flags as a
color offering to those in need. I
cleared some large Autumn Olives from here last year. The flags mark the smaller Autumn Olive
sprouts that remained. I’ll be dealing
with new sprouts for a couple more years, but their numbers will rapidly
decrease.
In some cases the fence row has narrowed to the point of
almost connecting the neighboring fields.
It won’t take much more work to create a connecting corridor at this site. The greenery showing in the shrubs is from
Japanese Honeysuckle. The honeysuckle
has stayed green and vigorous all winter.
Fortunately, it’s growing on an Autumn Olive so I’ll remove two
invasives with one cutting.
This medium sized Autumn Olive is growing right on the fence
wire. It’s taken a couple of years to
fight my way into this point, but it looks like the end is in sight. I’m looking forward to the day that the
remnants of the fence row contain only native species.
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