Now that Gabriola’s invasive Scotch broom is starting to flower again, my mind turns to the matter of how to get rid of this troublesome plant. So far we have volunteers, mostly led by Gabriola Land and Trails Trust, going out for a few hours now and again to pull broom or cut it back. [...]
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At Drumbeg, Gabriola’s battle against invasive Scotch broom continues: Gabriola Land and Trails Trust organizes broom-pulling work-parties, and volunteers yank broom from the ground so that native plants can re-establish themselves. The progress this year is amazing. Next time you’re at Drumbeg, wander out to the place where the most broom grows, and take a [...]
Everybody on Gabriola knows about the broom problem at Drumbeg, and there are other invasive plants in the park as well. What I don’t understand is this: why take the time to tie an invasive plant label to this broom plant? In the time it took to do that, the person doing the tagging could [...]
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The other day at Drumbeg I spotted some broom plants bearing tape that says invasive plant management. The tagged plants looked kind of sickly — are they being poisoned with chemicals, or what? It looks as if some kind of experiment is underway. I know there’s been a huge effort on Gabriola (thanks, GALTT) to [...]
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Every week or so during the non-monsoon seasons, GALTT (Gabriola Land and Trails Trust) volunteers are out building trails, maintaining trails, or fighting Gabriola’s invasive broom by ripping out the broom plants. Have you seen the area they’ve cleared at Drumbeg Park? It looks to be about half of the large field across from Breakwater [...]
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