Latest Waterford Park Happenings – Dec 7, 2018

Scouts (below) came Dec. 3, mulched all trees at Baughmans end and pulled most honeysuckle and wineberry from the hill at that end. Peter Brehm and Hunter Riley helped supervise and did more than their share of pulling. The City brought the mulch. The City also picked up the brush – thankfully since we no longer can get to our brush or mulch piles. If we can get Frederick Noxious Weed Control out here to kill off the wisteria that continues to pop up, that hill area will be well on its way to being in good shape.

Below is a photo from today of the work area for the streambank project. More and more mulch, more and more fencing. I am not sure where this latest mountain of mulch will go, maybe along the old sewer line. The stack of boards is to be laid where the equipment goes near trees to reduce root compaction.They will cross over the shared use path right were our hibiscus plants were (marked with green tape right now). We moved all the small plants and buried the roots in a mound of mulch the contractor provided. They will move the larger plants. Hopefully they will survive the winter. It remains to be seen whether the ground will be too compacted for us to use that area again in the spring. Sure wish they had crossed the path in a different spot. Oh well, long-term benefit of reduced erosion of the streambanks.

I see sections of pipe have been brought in so I expect the actual stream work will begin soon, starting at the bridge nearest Baughmans Lane.

I sure did miss the 50 and 60 degree days of late fall/early winter – did we have more than a couple this year? so, welcome to January!!

Ginny