{"id":2824,"date":"2018-08-02T17:42:31","date_gmt":"2018-08-02T07:42:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cathryncouttsart.com\/?p=2824"},"modified":"2018-08-02T17:56:23","modified_gmt":"2018-08-02T07:56:23","slug":"robertson-nature-reserve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cathryncouttsart.com\/?p=2824","title":{"rendered":"Robertson Nature Reserve"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2824\" class=\"elementor elementor-2824 elementor-bc-flex-widget\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-20ce5e83 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"20ce5e83\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6e6a4492\" data-id=\"6e6a4492\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2fde6226 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2fde6226\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>I have been working each month in this reserve for the last five years, mostly on the time consuming task of removing privet on the reserve&#8217;s margins, so that the rainforest plants can regenerate.<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div>My companions in this task are tireless and very dedicated people who have been doing this work for much longer than I have.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve learnt a great deal about the plants by working with them.\u00a0 \u00a0We have also had great assistance this year from our NSW National Parks and Wildlife officer, Jacqueline, pictured here with some of our volunteers.<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div>We have finally started to notice some of the plants coming back along the margin, the &#8216;early colonisers&#8217;, which will provide some cover for the slower growing plants which follow.\u00a0 When weeding, the challenge is to remove weeds, but\u00a0<i>not\u00a0<\/i>the young seedlings of the beautiful rainforest trees, which grow up among them.<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div>One of the first to come back is the Solanum aviculare, Kangaroo Apple, pictured here. 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