Looking back at Garlic mustard

Garlic mustard volunteer workbees are finished for 2015!  And thanks to our many volunteers for their cheer, enthusiasm, and dedication to stewardship.
With 26 volunteers each donating 3 hours of their lives, we were able to remove 43 large (30 gallon) bags FULL of garlic mustard from 11 acres throughout our 4 counties.  The best thing is that of those bags, only about 10 went to the landfill; the rest were dried and sent to Paperworks Studio to be made into paper!  Stay tuned for more information on how to get your hands on some re-purposed invasive species paper.


But garlic mustard isn’t only useful for paper!  We treated our volunteers to a warm and hearty (and delicious!) lunch of garlic mustard minestrone and garlic mustard rolls after their hard and much-appreciated work.


Just because the workbees are done doesn’t mean we’re through with garlic mustard!  ISN crews and partners all over the 4 counties are continuing to pull–get in touch and we’ll hook you up with folks doing great work!
Don’t miss out on the fun next year; we’ll be out protecting our fantastic habitats in May of 2016.  In the mean time, there are lots of other invasives to keep us busy.