In our continued efforts to battle the weed encroachment coming in from the north & south shorelines at our beach, we installed “Lake Bottom Blankets” in the lake on the north side wading area at our beach this past weekend. These are enviro-friendly weed barriers that cover weeds on the lake floor bottom, blocking sunlight and thereby eliminating the weeds. The ‘blankets’ will stay in place for about a month and then be moved to the south side of wading area where they will stay for thirty days. They will then be removed.
Please prevent children from playing with them, pulling on them, pulling the ropes attached to them, or disturbing them, etc. It is okay to swim over them, but they hover just above the lake bottom and contain iron rods, so please use caution.
The system is designed to deprive undesirable weeds of sunlight for thirty days, after which the weeds will die and be gone for the season. After repeated use for several years, the weeds may cease growing each spring entirely. For more information, visit www.lakebottomblanket.com. We will install them sooner in the season next year (May) in order to have them fully removed by July.
Rory Clark – [email protected]