Assessment of 2023 plantings

Dr Geoff Woodall did a detailed assessment of the plantings and is happy overall, and most exciting was his report that some the the direct seeds have germinated and are prospering, which is wonderful considering how poor the season’s rains have been – see his photos:

Yellow indicates a planted seedling, blue are grown from the direct seeding

Andy spent a few hot days om site in mid December and measured our monitored seedlings: an average of 133% growth since early September, most in reasonable condition and with one death out of the 21 being monitored. He also collected the 40 or so wildlife camera that have been out for many months ready for processing the downloaded images. At least three of our malleefowl mounds showed signs of activity.