The fall of 2023 was ideal for a controlled burn of the woodland areas at Bittersweet. The wetland areas were too green to get a good controlled burn, but we will attempt to burn these areas again in the spring of 2024. The controlled burn is helpful for control of invasive vegetation. We appreciate the cooperation of home owners when we generate the smoke from the burn.
The area below was cleared of buck-thorn by hand in 2012. It has subsequently been burned every three years or so.
The photos which follow this photo were taken in this woodland area last spring, showing that it is now filled with native
wild flowers and ground cover.
Native Geraniums are in bloom throughout the month of June.
All this clearing and burning work in our native woodland areas is making Bittersweet golf course an abundant source of nectar for the bees and native pollinators.
Buttercups
Dog-tooth Lilies
May-apples on hole number 1.
Red Trillium
Solomon's Seal on hole 11.
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