Carol Davis, Carol Graeber, and Doris Kessler spent a good bit time weeding at the station earlier this week. A healthy dose of crabgrass (that has already gone to seed), some maple volunteers, and other random weeds such as porcelain-berry and crown-vetch. Next year will prove to be a monster with all the weed seeds that have dispersed. We are contemplating an effort to prevent some of that from happening by using pre-emergents to prevent their sprouting.
There is still more to be done, but we got a good start. It looks much better, in fact it actually looks quite beautiful with fall coloration. (See photos below.) We did not remove all the crabgrass from the unplanted areas wondering whether we should leave it to stabilize the soil because for better or worse, it may be contributing to the soil stabilization if not in a marginal way.
Another morning of weeding and tidying up should get us ready for the winter. Any takers? Shoot us an email!
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