Final report on the Planting along the Silverstream
On Tuesday Sept 15th, finally Colin had established a good connection with Hughie, the weather man upstairs, who provided THE most perfect morning for the final day of planting on the Silver Stream bank. With Colin as chief overseer we had Merv, Kevin, David, myself, Neville and Peter Williams busy digging the holes. and generally helping. Taieri College provided approximately 24 students who did the actual planting. Peter did a great job standing in for Brian Peat , who is in Western Oz currently. He organised the layout of the plants and demonstrated the planting method to the students. Once again Merv did the strenuous job, "boring" the holes and fighting bits of wire, bottles and other junk in the holes. He was backed up by Kevin. Colin picked up the 210 red tussock, silver tussock and wind grass from the Milton Corrections facility and delivered them to the site, along with weed mats, guards and bamboo stakes.
And to top it all off we had some steady rain the next day to help give the plants a great start.
Another Club project completed for the year. Good work by all concerned, and obviously really appreciated by many walkers who frequently walk along the Silver Stream banks.