02 November 2008

J.Martin Service Project



Time: 1500-1515

Date: 2 November 2008

Climate: Cold, wet, gray skies, slightly raining

Location: Deep Woods on the far side of Bush Park

After removing more blackberry bushes than I thought was possible, I decided to do another observation of the area we were working in.  It poured for a little bit while we were working, leaving us soaking wet for the next few hours of work.  I have a whole new perspective of invasive species.  Trying to pull the roots out of the ground took so much effort for every individual branch.  Sometimes I would pull so hard that I almost fell backwards when I uprooted the plant.  I have scratches all over my arms and legs from this but when I look at the area we worked on, it looks wonderful.  We got rid of so much in 5 hours of work.  Clearing out the Ivy was nearly impossible without clearing out the Blackberry Bushes first.  Some of the blackberry bushes were over about a centimeter and a half in diameter at the bottom.  They were huge and sometimes took multiple people and shovels to uproot them.  The rain also made it more difficult because out gloves became soaking wet and muddy.  It was strenuous work but looking at the area we cleared we definitely made a difference.  

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