Saturday and Sunday, June 9-10, June 16-17: Tiny Marsh Big Pull

Email from the TMGMEG – June 4 2012

The Big Pull at Tiny Marsh is set for this weekend and next. The Tiny Marsh Garlic Mustard Erdication Group is asking people to come for just 2 hours, from 10-12 on whichever day is convenient – Saturday June 9, or Sunday June 10, or Saturday June 16 or Sunday June 17. 

Join us and find out what this dangerous invasive weed looks like, and how to deal with it. Park at the Tiny Marsh interpretive centre on the Tiny-Flos townline west of County Rd. 6, there will be a sign to the Garlic Mustard area.

Garlic Mustard is dangerous because, if allowed to take over, it will prevent regeneration of many native trees and plants, severely impairing the usefulness of the marsh to wildlife. Go to the website of the Ontario Invasive Plant Council, which is funded by the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters, to find out more. 

If Garlic Mustard is growing in your yard or in any ditch or roadside near you, pull it out. 

Do not home compost or burn or leave lying around – the seeds will develop and germinate. The best way to get rid of it is in your green bin or by taking it to a Simcoe County waste transfer station to be included in organic material destined for composting. Industrial composting reaches a sufficiently high temperature to kill the seed.