Four volunteers turned out to Dunham Massey and spend the day in woodland outside the deer park "Balsam Bashing.... Almost exactly a year before we were in the same places for the same job see himalayan-balsam... a previous entry on this blog.
What a contrast......
Last year - sheltering in the woodland from blazing sun - this year sheltering from the drizzle!
Last year pulling up and breaking large stands of balsam - this year hunting through the woods finding very little balsam.... (Though someone possibly us will still need to go back an revisit the Rhodadendrons!)
We did find some balsam - though due to the weather it wasn't as easy to see as it has been last year -being smaller and not yet flowering - however the GOOD NEWS is it looks like this particular plant is now more or less under control in these particular parts of the estate. It is too early to declare victory there will still be seed in the ground and birds / animals can still bring more in but the contrast was very gratifying to see.
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