It was a quick one today. Between Flaggy creek working bee and the Flaggy creek christmas get together, I was able to get in an hour long working bee.
No.1 priority was to get the ground cover plants that the Landcare nursery had given us a few weeks back. They really weren’t liking there current situation.
There were a few spots along the creek edge that were suitable. This spot was just buffalo grass:
I am hoping this native ground cover is as resilient as the buffalo grass I replaced it with. It will need to set root fairly quickly as this spot does get flooded when we get solid rain.
The other location I chose was on the other side but it was in much worse shape as palm grass was taking over.
I dug that out but left most other plants… which included some bleeding hearts, some young lilly pillies and a few other undesirables which I had to correctly identify before dispatching.
Here is an image of the ground cover after just being planted.
UPDATE (01.03.2025): It has now been over three months since these were planted and I can confirm that both plantings have prospered. As long as I can keep the weeds back for a while, they should extend their coverage.