Autumn Activities
Meet us at Tayvallich Village Shop for:
Wed 9 Sep, 10am: Old road ditch digging fun … help make the old road path less puddly.
Tue 17 Sep, 11.30am: Social walk, talk, and drink hot choc!
Thu 24 Sep, 1pm: Red and Blue route path maintenance and fun!
Wed 14 Oct, 11.30am: Social walk, talk, and drink hot choc!
Sal and Thorkil,
Tayvallich Community Rangers (ranger@tayvallichinitiative.org)
Some photos from last week’s marsh fritillary web count on community land. On the first photo, the top arrow points to the caterpillars; the bottom arrow points to one of the webs in the cluster. Other photos show: male keeled skimmer; female common hawker;...
A fun afternoon at the Community Garden and Orchard (the sun came out!) … great to see the fruit trees coming along and the veg growing … and which ones won prizes at the Tayvallich Flower Show last week. And good to have a chat about plans for the coming months....
Tayvallich Initiative had a table at the Gala Day on Saturday — and a competition to see who could pull the most Himalayan balsam stems in a minute! Plus there were photos and updates on the Community Rangers’ work on walks, benches and skunk cabbage removal.
It was a dreich Sunday but a successful pulling of Himalayan balsam plants before they flower and go to seed. Far fewer plants than a year ago, with smaller patches; good progress. “It’s like fishing, but more fun,” said Thorkil as everyone got wet in the rain.