April is Earth Month, and incredibly busy for me-it's flying by! I meant to do this post last week.
It was a sunny early April day, the kind that gives you hope for summer, when employees from Marlene's Market and Deli came out to the Spring Valley Open Space to remove invasive blackberry. This event was initiated by Marlene, who is a great supporter of the work we do in the Hylebos.
Early in the day, removing blackberry.
Marlene digging up blackberry roots.
Irv sustained an injury from being smacked in the face by blackberry.
The roots at the site were enormous.
Tashi getting the stems out of the way so the roots could be removed.
The site after 14 people worked for 4.5 hours. It was amazing. I've actually never seen 14 people remove so much blackberry, and I've been doing this for a few years now.
Thank you to Marlene's Market and Deli. It was a great day.