Travels with Charlie: Invasive Blackberries are being removed
Wednesday, August 21, 2024
The recent hot weather had sent us to more shaded spots for our wanderings. Charlie and I had a chance to visit Horizon View Park on this perfect afternoon.. Over the last couple of weeks, fantastic progress in the park!
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| Photo by Gordon Snyder |
A Great Surprise as we walked the path above the Playfield…
The massive amounts of Invasive Blackberries are being removed. These were huge impenetrable patches.
This area was covered 6 to 8 feet high. I always picked a few ripe summer berries when we walked by, but no way you could walk into it to pick more.
The Blackberry vines had completely taken over the shoulder areas that surround part of the court. It’s off to the right.
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| Photo by Gordon Snyder |
No way anyone, other than a rabbit, could get thru any of it. Now look. Charlie is checking it out.
This area was totally inaccessible. Only that green path around the court wasn’t blackberry territory.
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| Photo by Gordon Snyder |
Heading away from the court… More Blackberry bushes have been removed as you walk by the court.
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| Photo by Gordon Snyder |
And, wandering along, a huge area down the slope from the path is being cleared.
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| Photo by Gordon Snyder |
Next comes the hard part… Keeping the Blackberries from coming back over the next few seasons.
Keep up the good work.
Cheers,
Gordon Snyder
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4 comments:
The stairs seen in the photographs are one of the last remaining structures of the former Nike Missile battery radar site that occupied Horizon View before being shut down. The steps would lead between the radar pads and the former headquarters building that sat just to the east of the steps.
I would love to have an article about the Nike base. Editor@ShorelineAreaNews.com
Agree re Nike base article. So many 'rumors' ... were there actually missiles located there? Was it JUST the control center? Where WERE the actual missiles located? Any long-time local historian still live here? Thank you!
Horizon View was the radar site. The Nike missles were stored in bunkers for launching at what is now used by FEMA Region 10 off 228th in Bothell. Associated military housing was known as Nike Manor in Brier. That housing was surplussed several years ago and redeveloped. Horizon View was an active military installation for several years before being closed and becoming what it is today.
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