Unfortunately, it appears that deer, or some other animal, are snacking on the native plants.
The native grasses [Sorghastrum nutans], have replaced the Stilt Grass, are growing nicely and are going to seed:
One of the first areas that I cleared is showing progress, Blackberry bushes [which are a little dry due to the lack of rain] are growing and Yellow Crownbeard [Verbesina occidentalis] is beginning to blossom in an area once over-run by invasives.
Most of today's work was removing dozens of Wine Berry bushes. It is important to do this now, before the birds eat the berries and spread the seeds.
Here are some Wine Berries and native Blackberrys in the foreground:
I finished that day with a cool walk in the stream in my new "leak-proof" boots. The stream level was very low due to the drought. I picked up about 30 pounds of trash, including a pair of boxer shorts. I noticed thousands of Darter hatchlings and many small Cray Fish.
Cool boooots!
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