Nature is so resilient! It's great to see the saltmarsh reappear like that, and I'd be pretty sure that the Goat's Beard will recover from the fungus infestation,
Hello Juliet, oh I do hope you're right about the Goat's Beard, I ended up reading a little bit too much about smut fungus staying in the soil for decades...but on the other hand there were plants in the same area that were unaffected and seed heads had appeared on other plants. What can I say, it is a favourite! I'll report back next year...
I think a lot of plants develop an ability to cope with a certain amount of fungus infestation. I hope your Goat's Beard is okay (it is a lovely plant...)
Wow, that took me down a rabbithole! I was gobsmacked to read that the beach had been sprayed; what a thing to do. (I found your link took me to The Post’s home page but I searched and found the article here https://www.livpost.co.uk/p/the-bitter-fight-over-a-wirral-beach).
It’s good to hear from you Lynn. I’m glad your friends have been there for you, and hope life settles down. I think I would probably keep turning left too: the sound of the sea and the distant horizon.
Hi Michela, the beach was managed for years, it was regularly raked, and when grass started to appear, volunteers used to pull it out by hand. There has always been a fear of rewilding locally, and now I think about it I may just write another post.... But the spraying was a huge shock, imagine waking up to that? All the vegetation orange and dead, and signs all the way along the prom at the start of the school holidays telling us to keep off the beach for 6 weeks! Horrific. That's where our mutual friend goes alot of her work, out at the shore line. (And thanks for your kind words)
Nature is so resilient! It's great to see the saltmarsh reappear like that, and I'd be pretty sure that the Goat's Beard will recover from the fungus infestation,
Hello Juliet, oh I do hope you're right about the Goat's Beard, I ended up reading a little bit too much about smut fungus staying in the soil for decades...but on the other hand there were plants in the same area that were unaffected and seed heads had appeared on other plants. What can I say, it is a favourite! I'll report back next year...
I think a lot of plants develop an ability to cope with a certain amount of fungus infestation. I hope your Goat's Beard is okay (it is a lovely plant...)
Wow, that took me down a rabbithole! I was gobsmacked to read that the beach had been sprayed; what a thing to do. (I found your link took me to The Post’s home page but I searched and found the article here https://www.livpost.co.uk/p/the-bitter-fight-over-a-wirral-beach).
It’s good to hear from you Lynn. I’m glad your friends have been there for you, and hope life settles down. I think I would probably keep turning left too: the sound of the sea and the distant horizon.
Hi Michela, the beach was managed for years, it was regularly raked, and when grass started to appear, volunteers used to pull it out by hand. There has always been a fear of rewilding locally, and now I think about it I may just write another post.... But the spraying was a huge shock, imagine waking up to that? All the vegetation orange and dead, and signs all the way along the prom at the start of the school holidays telling us to keep off the beach for 6 weeks! Horrific. That's where our mutual friend goes alot of her work, out at the shore line. (And thanks for your kind words)