Gully Maintenance Services
What Is Gully Maintenance?
Once an area of gully has been restored to natives, that area needs to be checked regularly by walking through and looking out for weed seedlings that may spread back via birds, the wind or emerging up from the ground (during the early stages of restoration when the new plantings are establishing). Once a canopy has formed, the weeds are often shaded out, although some (tradescantia/wandering willy) don't mind the shade so much and will need to be kept in check.
Releasing newly planted shrubs and trees
Releasing means weeding around young plants. It can be as simple as chopping through soft vines such as convululous and letting the vine die on the plant. Other methods; breaking long grass by hand and leaving it around the base of a plant, especially during spring/summer to provide a simple mulch that prevents rain washing away soil and helps retain moisture. Using secateurs to cut jasmine and honeysuckle growing up young plants. Raking tradescantia into piles and turning these over or stomping on any shoots that appear.
Use of herbicide to poison specific trees
Some trees such as Tree Privet, Chinese Privet and Woolly Nightshade/Tobacco Plant may need poisoning if they are too big to dig out. If left they may continue seeding and take up space from where the new native trees will grow.
If you can see weeds returning and aren't able to regularly go through your gully to attend to them, or have any of the above trees in your gully, Mind Your Garden can help with that.
Why have a regime of regular gully maintenance?
Here's How It Works;
Contact Hana through the website, text or phone to have a chat about your gully. Hana will arrange a time to visit the gully with you to gain a full picture of what you require, find out about access, hazards or anything else relevant.
We discuss how much help you need in order to bring your gully back to where you would like it to be . It all depends on the type of weeds, the size of the area that is planted, how large your gully natives are and how much the weeds have advanced back into the restoration area.
You may just need 2 or 3 visits with 2 workers or even a one off blitz. We work up to 4 hours per day, usually with 2 workers at a time. How often we come will depend on our availability and your requirements.
If you have decided to proceed with us, Hana will arrange a start date (depending on our current bookings).
We are happy to make an initial plan and review the situation once work has commenced.
If you would like to know more, contact Hana.
Once an area of gully has been restored to natives, that area needs to be checked regularly by walking through and looking out for weed seedlings that may spread back via birds, the wind or emerging up from the ground (during the early stages of restoration when the new plantings are establishing). Once a canopy has formed, the weeds are often shaded out, although some (tradescantia/wandering willy) don't mind the shade so much and will need to be kept in check.
Releasing newly planted shrubs and trees
Releasing means weeding around young plants. It can be as simple as chopping through soft vines such as convululous and letting the vine die on the plant. Other methods; breaking long grass by hand and leaving it around the base of a plant, especially during spring/summer to provide a simple mulch that prevents rain washing away soil and helps retain moisture. Using secateurs to cut jasmine and honeysuckle growing up young plants. Raking tradescantia into piles and turning these over or stomping on any shoots that appear.
Use of herbicide to poison specific trees
Some trees such as Tree Privet, Chinese Privet and Woolly Nightshade/Tobacco Plant may need poisoning if they are too big to dig out. If left they may continue seeding and take up space from where the new native trees will grow.
If you can see weeds returning and aren't able to regularly go through your gully to attend to them, or have any of the above trees in your gully, Mind Your Garden can help with that.
Why have a regime of regular gully maintenance?
- Save yourself a lot of time or expense, if you have started a restoration project and aren't able to keep maintaining the area. The invasive weeds are great at returning and smothering young plants. If the balance tips too far, plants die or become spindly.
- If you have the weed plants and trees dealt to in time, the seeds can be prevented from forming or spreading, saving a lot of time in the long run.
- People who know how to recognise young seedling pioneer plants (plant species that produce berries in their second or third year), can identify these with marker sticks so they wont be stepped on or pulled out.
Here's How It Works;
Contact Hana through the website, text or phone to have a chat about your gully. Hana will arrange a time to visit the gully with you to gain a full picture of what you require, find out about access, hazards or anything else relevant.
We discuss how much help you need in order to bring your gully back to where you would like it to be . It all depends on the type of weeds, the size of the area that is planted, how large your gully natives are and how much the weeds have advanced back into the restoration area.
You may just need 2 or 3 visits with 2 workers or even a one off blitz. We work up to 4 hours per day, usually with 2 workers at a time. How often we come will depend on our availability and your requirements.
If you have decided to proceed with us, Hana will arrange a start date (depending on our current bookings).
We are happy to make an initial plan and review the situation once work has commenced.
If you would like to know more, contact Hana.
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