DIY Volunteering

I cut ragweed near Janet Fish Bridge. There are 2 small patches of ragweed still standing because they are surrounded by poison ivy---I tried to at least cut off the tops if I could reach. I found a green compost bin in the woods by the bridge and moved it close to the trail. I picked up some trash. Last summer I spent a lot of time pulling ragweed from the dry creek bed and along the creek---this year, there wasn't nearly as much.
Next time, I'll cut ragweed around the parking area (dog park at Shoal Creek Blvd).

Ragweed removal time, again. I almost made it to Janet Fish Bridge this time---was able to get ragweed on both sides of the trail. I found a syringe (4th one this year), and put it in a lidded cup in the trash can near Shoal Creek Blvd. A snake crossed my path---I was looking for ragweed and almost stepped on it. I quit pulling ragweed in the area up the hill (where a homeless person used to live) because of so much poison ivy and beggars lice.

I finally made it back to remove some ragweed---started at Shoal Creek Blvd, and walked toward Janet Fish pedestrian bridge. I met, and chatted with, some nice people along the way. I found a syringe in the same place where I found 2 last month (hillside area near the 3 small oak trees). I almost made it to the bridge, but rain and a yellowjacket sting made me call it a day. I managed to fill a bag with trash. A couple I encountered asked how to get trash removed from under/around the pedestrian bridge----the man tried to remove logs and debris that was clogging up under the bridge. I told them to try 311.

I pulled hedge parsley (it just keeps growing!), ragweed, and plucked the flowering buds from nandina. I started at Shoal Creek Blvd and walked toward Janet Fish Bridge. I also picked up some trash---found 2 hypodermic needles (put in a water bottle).

I continued removing invasive plants---parsley hedge, sticky weed, ragweed. I started at Shoal Creek Blvd and worked my way toward Janet Fish Bridge (didn't get that far, though). One of the Mountain Laurels, at Shoal Creek Blvd, near trash can, is gone. I found a couple baby trees nearby---I could transplant, if you'd like. I'm including pictures of a field that took me 2 years to clear out ragweed---now it's full of that flower that looks like a violet-colored bat face. I did see some ragweed, but it's still quite small. The parsley hedge is starting to go to seed, so I'll continue tackling that, but I'll get after the ragweed, too.

I removed invasives (mostly hedge parsley and sticky weed and some ragweed) starting at Shoal Creek Blvd and walking toward Janet Fish Bridge---I only got as far as the the open area at the end of someone's yard (chainlink fence). There's sooooo much sticky week in that area, so I focused on the parley hedge (before it makes the beggars lice). I'll come back another time for the sticky weed. The ragweed is really small now, so I'll save that one for later.