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Pictures tell the story… plant them and they grow….

Planted on the June long weekend of 2012 and thriving

This was the first line mounded prior to planting in 2012

We planted 8000 Old Man Saltbush early 2019

The top corner of our first NRM project – there was only bare degraded salt scald back in 2012

We planted the trees three years after getting the bushes well established. They are staring to make themselves seen

The eastern…

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Tone Rd Regen Looks Great

Everyone who drives past our place from town first comes across our #WarrenCatchmentCouncil regeneration project first planted in Sept 22, 2017 and later added to. Well it is just over two years old and a great peaceful place to wander though.

We ended up with over 20,000 seedlings and they are growing beautifully. This place is a reminder of what we can do when we try. The once sad gully, with…

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Crazy where time actually wanders! We had great fortune a few months ago. We were the lucky recipients of a further 500 seedlings for one of our front regeneration projects from the Warren Catchments Council. This prompted us to think about our driveway and backyard here at Bellalee. After so much regeneration work elsewhere, it was time to look closer to home – near our hom3!

It didn’t take much to come around to the thought that we want to create a mini-forest. The driveway and backyard all brimming with beautiful flowing flowering trees, bushes and ground covers. The yard is about 1 acre and the house driveway 230 metres long and 3 metres wide on either side. Up the top of the drive up we have a remnant stand of trees which are delighted to have some grevillea and other plant brothers and sisters join them.

With great excitement and advice from Katanning Landcarewho provided hundreds of beautiful seedling plants that they grow and are all within South West Australia only. Plus more little beauties from a quick trip to Boyanup Botanical which is is a fabulous family-owned nursery with over 600 species of quality plants with a speciality in Australian natives. Plus Boyanup has a vast range of weekly specials (larger plants) for a minimal number of dollars. I have just turned 60 and am eager to see them established sooner rather than later. Yes, I also raid our local nursery Nightingalesfor some slightly bigger plants. Driving past – I simply must stop! We have planted just over 350 seedlings with more arriving on Friday.

What to do about the weeds. So many people say weed control is everything…. except three cases have gone against Monsanto and more than 13,000 are pending. It didn’t take much for us to say there must be other ways. Yes, they all involved sweat and time. Manual removal of the weeds close to the seedlings, we had added straw around them to give then a further buffer. Plus recently we added the tree guards from Warren Catchments Council. I was initially hesitant …. gravel….. sheetrock ….. and where has the topsoil gone ….. hard, hard hard. We are determined to make the world around us soft once again. Jorn made me a device to hit into the ground to make the holes for the cane sticks. Somehow he was always away when said work was being done…….. It was necessary as the birds and rabbits were thinking easy meal targets. They were not interested in the capeweed and ryegrass.

They are in and protected. We have promised to water our babies weekly for the first summer to help them get established. Plus I know more will be added.

Landcare doesn’t only apply to big projects, #landcare #driveway #pillarsofbeauty

Landcare Driveway Crazy where time actually wanders! We had great fortune a few months ago. We were the lucky recipients of a further 500 seedlings for one of our front regeneration projects from the

Blackwood Basin Group Babies

We are very grateful we made the call! On the lookout for more seedlings after the closure of Blyth Tree Farm we contacted Kristen Mappin and Karrie Williamson from the Blackwood Basin Group and sort advice. They we very generous with their time and helped us with their expertise. Based in Boyup Brook they are close by. Not only did they put us in contact with Parnell’s Nurseryin Tincurrin, they…

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Can They Be 5 and 2 Years Old!

They certainly can, our first ever projects here at Bellalee have turned five, the area in front of Cockatoo Creek and the Tone River on the western side is a vastly different place today.

The back or eastern side of Cockatoo has turned 2, this was our most ambitious planting – we planed 25,000 seedling in one long week end in June.

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Four Months Strong

Our plant babies out in a paddock bordering the Tone Rd are now four months old. They are thriving, having been aided and abetted by some time summer rainfalls. 28mm last week thanks to the remnants of Cyclone Joyce. They are all our trees and other planting’s lapped it up. The land came alive and every plant on the property seemed at peace.

Despite our best efforts, maybe those summer rains…

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Are you ready to draw deep into your heart and here the call of the wild within?

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We gathered to help regenerate this beautiful land

#regeneration

10000+ New Family Members

Friday the 15th September we gathered our new plant babies to introduce them to their new home here on the farm in Orchid Valley. With the very capable Jenny Carley from the #WarrenCatchmentCouncil to lead the team we swung into action.

This is a very different planting as the area is subject to water logging. To stabilise the area we have planted out thousands of varieties of reeds and grasses…

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WCC Planting the dream We are delighted to be working with the Warren Catchments Council planting the dream of regenerated waterways here on Bellalee.

#Blyth Tree Farm #bush regeneration #cockatoo creek #Environment #regeneration project #SWCC #Tone Rd #Tone River #Warren Catchments Council

Today is World Environment Day! This is a day to celebrate our intricate connection with the world around us – from the tiniest creatures crawling below the ground’s surface, to the tallest trees breathing fresh oxygen into our air, day in, day out.

This weekend one of our regeneration projects turned one and another turned four. Big weekends they were as friends gathered to help us plant seedlings. Our one years olds are growing everyday and are looking fabulous. We went out today with one of our friends David who was here planting last year.

Everywhere we looked all our amazing plants are reaching for the skies. Some of the growth has been phenomenal – taller than Jorn and David. Thank you to Carol, Larissa, Hayley, David, Mark, Paul and Tom for making this happen – it is always wonderful to be able to walk among the many thousands of seedlings we have planted together and see how they are thriving.

Take a moment to pause – go outside and look at a tree or up to the sky, simply stand in silence and contemplate how amazing life is.

Yes They Are One, We Are One Today is World Environment Day! This is a day to celebrate our intricate connection with the world around us – from the tiniest creatures crawling below the ground’s surface, to the tallest trees breathing fresh oxygen into our air, day in, day out.

#bush regeneration #cockatoo creek #Environment #Health #nature #projects #regeneration #SWCC #Tone River #transformation

Our first regeneration project turns four this coming weekend. Four photos – Two from then and now the progress taken today. What a difference! I went walking through the projects earlier and am delighted to report that plants are springing in between the rows seeded from nearby plants, plus some seedlings are emerging from long dormant seed stock. They are strong and healthy despite not having the protection of the mounds to grow in. The health of Cockatoo Creek and the Tone River has improved dramatically. The banks have stabilised, reeds are dense and there are so many new plants – paperbarks, flooded gums and more all happily thriving.

Thank you to all those people who helped make it happen – from our neighbours the Ednie-Browns who generously let us use their equipment, local businesses Kojonup Ag Supplies, Elders, Landmark and Waratah, who gave us great service and helped us, to friends who gave up their time to come and plant, to the South West Catchments Council and to the land that just gives and gets better everyday. Photos are taken from a slightly different angle! I did not have my trust iPad with me – not that we have internet out there…..