Wetland – 2020

[To see stories and photos from other years, see the links on the main Wetland page.]

We named some of the distinct areas of the wetland this year – it makes it easier to talk about them, and keep track of what projects we’ve done in which places.  Eventually I’ll post a map on the main Wetland page showing the names and locations.

I pulled Wild Parsnip from about (I think) 2/3 of the wetland this year.  The easternmost 1/3 still has Wild Parsnip that I hope to get to soon.  The western half – west of the driveway – is in pretty good shape – I spend about a week pulling Parsnip there.  Bluebird Meadow and No Bridge Meadow are also in pretty good shape.  Farmhouse Meadow still has a lot.  The worst area is east of Farmhouse Meadow.

1/1/2020

 

1/1/2020  Willow Bend

 

2/6/2020

 

2/6/2020  Old Road – the old farm driveway

 

2/22/2020  Willows with hoarfrost

 

2/22/2020

 

2/24/2020

 

4/13/2020

 

5/14/2020

 

5/24/2020

 

5/25/2020

 

6/21/2020

 

6/23/2020

 

7/6/2020  A new plant for the wetland list:  Broad-leaved Arrowhead, in one of the side streams that run into the creek from a spring.

 

7/8/2020  Bluebird Meadow

 

7/15/2020  Round-leaved Monkeyflower in side stream

 

7/15/2020  Joe Pye Weed and sedges in a side stream

 

7/15/2020  There’s a spring somewhere under those bushes, and this is the stream that makes its way from there to the creek.

 

7/15/2020  Turk’s Cap Lily

 

7/15/2020  Water Hemlock, Common Milkweed, and Swamp Milkweed in Bluebird Meadow

 

7/15/2020  Common Milkweed in No Bridge Meadow

 

7/15/2020  Sedge Meadow in No Bridge Meadow

 

7/15/2020  Water Hemlock, sedges, and Common Milkweed in No Bridge Meadow

 

8/21/2020  Ironweed, Boneset, Canada Goldenrod and Joe Pye Weed in Bluebird Meadow

 

8/21/2020  Tall Sunflowers in Parsnip Meadow

 

9/3/2020

 

9/5/2020  Tall Sunflowers, Joe Pye Weed and Canada Goldenrod in Parsnip Meadow

 

9/14/2020  Farmhouse Meadow showing mowing that we did to discourage Reed Canary Grass.  I planted wetland seeds there in the winter of 2018/2019.

 

9/14/2020  Weedy path to the old barn

 

9/14/2020  Farmhouse Meadow, showing Reed Canary Grass area and mowed area beyond.  It’s not possible to mow here because there are numerous old cement foundations hidden in the grass.  I pull Wild Parsnip here, but otherwise leave it alone.

 

10/21/2020

 

12/24/2020

 

12/26/2020