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  • coming events
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    • I Love Lismore
      • Postcard Art Event
    • Places to stay
    • Things to do
    • Places to see
    • Water tower art
    • Lake Tooliorook
    • Murnong Indigenous Garden Inc.
    • Discovery Trail
    • Grimwade Park and pool
    • Lions' Club caravan park
    • Dorothy's Vintage Gown museum
  • History
    • Brief History
    • early streets
    • Place Names
    • Haunted gully
    • L.Tooliorook eBook
    • Soldier memorials
      • Memorials, settlements
    • Lives Lived
      • John Worrall 1925-2016
      • Roy Drake 1922 - 2015
      • Otto Gramms 1927-2016
      • Doug McLeod 1928-2013
      • Johnny Borysenko 1919 - 1924
      • Colin Bourke 1936-2021
      • Francis Baker 1913 - 1981
      • Brian Mitchell 1934 - 2022
      • Tony Street 1926 - 2022
    • Cemetery
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    • Lismore hotel
    • Ecostainable
    • Malcolm Marks, Horse shoer
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    • Petals Plus Gallery
    • Wooltrack store
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    • Fairway Coffee and Eatery
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Gathering Trail

The Gathering Trail is a plan under the Lismore Progress Association where residents grow fruit trees on their property near the footpath. These trees carry a label to say they are part of the gathering Trail. Walkers are free to pick a piece of the fruit from these trees labelled as they pass by.
As time passes this page will carry updates to the scheme, a map and photos of the trees.

Click here for a map of the trail. Click on each marker for photos and a description.



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It’s time to tackle Peach Leaf Curl!!
(27 May 2022)
If you have a peach or a nectarine tree, you will certainly be familiar with the dreaded Peach Leaf Curl! If you planted your first peach or nectarine tree last year, then this information is now very important for the health of your tree.
The main symptom of Peach Leaf Curl is red pimple-like deformations on young leaves which, as they grow, become unsightly. It is caused by a fungus which reduces the tree's ability to photosynthesise and fruit abundantly. If left untreated, the problem will get worse year after year, but the good news is, it's a fungal disease that's easily treated.
The fungal spores take up residence over the winter in the nooks and crannies of the tree's bark, but mainly they reside in the leaf bud scales. When the tree breaks bud and comes back into the leaf in spring the new growth gets reinfected, and the cycle starts over again.
Happily, there is a cure for this problem. Several, in fact.
The cure involves spraying the tree THREE TIMES.
  1. First spraying takes place at leaf fall in late autumn, (late May / early June in Lismore)
  2. The second one comes just before the blossom buds open in late winter / very early spring, (late July / August – watch your own trees as some varieties blossom earlier than others)
  3. The third spraying should happen a week or so after the last one. Do NOT spray once the blossoms have opened. It’s too late.
You can use one of the following sprays, all of which are organic. (However, it is wise to apply these sprays while wearing a mask to prevent smelling or inhaling the spray.)
  1. Copper oxychloride fungicide – available from garden centres / Bunnings
  2. Lime sulphur fungicide – available from garden centres / Bunnings
  3. Bordeaux mixture – can be made at home.
Other organic controls for Peach Leaf Curl include:
  • Bagging and binning any affected leaves or fruit.
  • Hygiene is important - clean up any leaf, branch or fruit material that accumulates beneath the tree. Spores can overwinter in these materials, reinfecting the tree in spring.
  • Growing strong, healthy plants that are well fertilised and watered is the best defence. A healthy plant will be better able to defend itself against pests and diseases.
A combination of these controls can treat this fungal problem with almost 100 percent success, and a happier stone fruit tree means better fruit!

If you want to make your own Bordeaux mixture, here is a recipe from Heritage Fruit Trees in Beaufort, where most of our Gathering Trail trees came from:
One of the great advantages of Bordeaux spray is that it can be inexpensively and safely mixed at home with two easily obtainable ingredients, copper sulphate and slaked lime. Many nurseries sell copper sulphate as bluestone while slaked lime is widely available as Limil.
Quite small quantities of ingredients will make many litres of spray. This is just as well as plants should be thoroughly sprayed to the point of runoff.
Bordeaux spray is mixed in two stages. To make a 1% solution dissolve 100 grams of copper sulphate in 5 litres of water in one bucket and 100 grams of limil in 5 litres of water in another bucket. Warm water will help ingredients dissolve more easily. Then, while stirring, pour the lime mixture into the copper mixture. A cloudy blue-coloured liquid results.
The key to successful spraying is straining the resulting mixture through muslin cloth to remove larger solid particles that can block spray nozzles. For best results strain twice. First strain through two thicknesses of muslin cloth when pouring the lime mixture into the copper solution. Rinse the muslin in cold water, fold it over the top of the garden sprayer and pour the complete lime/copper mixture into the sprayer. Remember to continuously stir while preparing and agitate while spraying as the mixture can quickly settle out. It is best used within 24 hours of mixing.

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GATHERING TRAIL SIGN IS INSTALLED!       19 May 2022
During the school holidays, the Men’s Shed installed the new Gathering Trail sign in the grounds of the Lismore Primary School, at the corner of William Street and Cunningham Street! It looks fantastic!

BIG thanks to members of the Men’s Shed, our resident Lismore artist, Paul Micallef, and of course, Mr Brad Whittaker and the staff and students of the school who have been so supportive of this project right from the start. Thanks also to the Lismore Progress Association and the Derrinallum Op Shop for their financial assistance.

Next time you are going past the school, take a look at the sign! Stop and read where all the different trees are located around the town. Also, make sure you are taking note of all the brightly coloured Gathering Trail tree signs hanging beside people’s fences. Next year we are sure to have some fruit for harvesting!

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GATHERING TRAIL – SUMMER PRUNING TIMES

At the Summer Pruning Demonstration last week, many people asked about what time of year pruning should take place. Our expert, Ion, has given us the following information to help clarify this.

ANY TIME OF YEAR-

  • Prune dead, diseased or damaged wood. If you prune affected plants as soon as you notice a problem then you will be giving them the best chance to thrive- and it may save you a more difficult gardening job later.

EARLY SUMMER-

  • Prune stone fruits and grapevines.
  • Prune newly planted pear trees.
  • Prune established plum and cherry trees.

MID SUMMER-

  • Prune stone fruit trees.
  • Prune pear trees.

LATE SUMMER-

  • Finish pruning pear trees.
  • Finish summer pruning of stone fruit trees, grapevines and apple trees.

  • Prune cherry trees after fruiting.

We hope that this advice will help you look after your fruit trees to keep them healthy and productive! Look out for winter pruning times later on in the year.

Don’t forget to keep them watered during this hot and dry spell. Let’s hope for a drop of rain soon..😊



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Gathering Trail News Christmas 2021
Have you spotted any fruit on the Gathering Trail trees yet? The trees planted this year are unlikely to have set fruit, but last year’s trees are showing signs of a very small first harvest! The promise of things to come in the years ahead!
At Christmas, we can expect the cherries to be ready to harvest, and possibly some early peaches. January will see more peaches, nectarines and apricots ready to pick when the trees have grown. So midsummer is really ‘stone fruit’ season!
The Men’s Shed have made us a wonderful, sturdy wooden sign, which will be placed in the grounds of Lismore Primary School next year. New resident to the town, Paul, is painting the sign for us! Thanks, Paul, and “Welcome to Lismore!”
Remember to RSVP to Clare or Lance if you want a place on the Summer Pruning Demonstration on 16th January, 9 to 11am. Clare 0457 981896. Lance 0410 004770. This is open to everyone.
Photos show two young apple trees, Snow Apple on Gray Street, and Akane on Seymour Street along with their colourful signs!
As the weather warms up, don’t forget to water your trees deeply once a week. A deep soak is better than a few shallow ones. Mulching round the base will help the ground stay moist, but don’t let the mulch touch the trunk of the tree as it could rot.
Happy Christmas!
Clare

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2021 Click here to download tips on winter pruning .
(It will download as a .PDF)

PictureThese are signs to show which are Gathering Trail trees. Thanks Men's Shed and Lismore Primary School!
Click here for Winter 2021 Update
















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Queensland Fruit Fly Project in Lismore
What is the QFF?


Queensland Fruit Fly (QFF) is a native sub-tropical species of fly, that, as its name suggests, lives on fruit crops. It is a major pest to commercial fruit growers and also affects home gardeners. It is now established in Victoria.
As far as we know, this fly has not been recorded as far south as the Lismore area. However, last year, some gardening community groups from Ballarat confirmed that this pest had arrived in their locality.
The Lismore Progress Association discussed the suggestion that, as a town community, we could set traps around the town and monitor them over the growing season. If flies are caught, and identified as QFF, we would inform the relevant authorities. We would also be able to take steps to protect our own garden crops.
What does the QFF look like?
The adult QFF is around 7mm long and is a reddish-brown in colour, with distinct yellow markings. So, a very small fly, but with some useful colouring which should help identification.
How can we trap these pests?
Commercially produced traps can be purchased from Bunnings and other gardening shops, or online. Clear instructions are provided for their use. Home-made traps can also be useful, and a quick Google search will throw up many different types which can be made for next to no cost. Here is one of them, suggested by the Dept of Agriculture Victoria:


Make your own Queensland Fruit Fly traps

You can make your own traps using an empty soft-drink bottle and lid and homemade bait. (Note that these traps can also attract insects that are good for your garden).
  1. In an empty soft-drink bottle, cut three holes about the size of a 10 cent piece, 10cm from the top.
  2. Add the bait mixture to the bottle. Pour in 1 cup of 100 per cent fruit juice (including pulp) and 1 tablespoon of cloudy ammonia (or wheelie bin cleaner).
  3. Tie a string around the neck of the bottle and hang it from the tree in the shade, 1m to 1.5m off the ground.
The mixture can last up to 3 weeks but should be changed weekly for best results.

This might be a good home-based educational and environmental project for families to get involved in! Why not set traps in feral fruit trees in our locality and monitor them throughout the summer? (There are fruit trees, plums, apples etc growing wild beside footpaths and tracks in various places outside the town). Any information would be very useful to the authorities.

Some commercially produced traps have been purchased with grants from the Lismore Gardening Club, the Derrinallum Op Shop, and members of the Lismore Progress Association, and we thank them for their generosity.
If anyone traps a QFF this season, please be sure to tell us, and we will inform the Dept of Agriculture. If, on the other hand, if you set traps and do NOT catch any QFFs, please also inform us by the end of March, so that we know for certain which areas the project covered and what the results were.
Thanks for joining in with this town project! Fingers crossed all our traps will be empty!
Queries, feedback and positive identifications can be sent to:
Clare: clarejwelsh@aol.com or 0457 981 896
Val: vlang@ansonic.com.au or 0407 054 823
Lance: lancecruz@hotmail.com or 0410 004 770

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    • I Love Lismore
      • Postcard Art Event
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    • Water tower art
    • Lake Tooliorook
    • Murnong Indigenous Garden Inc.
    • Discovery Trail
    • Grimwade Park and pool
    • Lions' Club caravan park
    • Dorothy's Vintage Gown museum
  • History
    • Brief History
    • early streets
    • Place Names
    • Haunted gully
    • L.Tooliorook eBook
    • Soldier memorials
      • Memorials, settlements
    • Lives Lived
      • John Worrall 1925-2016
      • Roy Drake 1922 - 2015
      • Otto Gramms 1927-2016
      • Doug McLeod 1928-2013
      • Johnny Borysenko 1919 - 1924
      • Colin Bourke 1936-2021
      • Francis Baker 1913 - 1981
      • Brian Mitchell 1934 - 2022
      • Tony Street 1926 - 2022
    • Cemetery
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    • Past weather
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    • Ecostainable
    • Malcolm Marks, Horse shoer
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      • Items for sale
      • Collections
    • Men's Shed
      • Projects completed
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    • Photography Group
    • CFA Brigade
      • Fire incident links
      • Local fire maps
      • View stubble burns.
      • Stubble permit application.
    • Craft Group
    • Lake Tooliorook angling club
  • Government, Utilities
    • Shire
      • VEC Wards submission
      • Bin collecion days
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      • Defibrillator
    • Library Derrinallum.
    • State, Federal politicians
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  • Notice board
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    • Lismore geology
    • Meteorites
    • Frogs
    • Dying cyprus
    • Birds
    • Surveys of Nature
  • Useful links
    • Providence Gold and Minerals
    • Census results
    • Gathering Trail
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