Report No.8 and Garden Railway Naked Lady

In this post I will show you some Naked Ladies and the way I had to deal with them in the garden.
Well, some of you may already know I'm talking about Amaryllis belladonna. A flower native to the Western Cape region of South Africa. They have long strap shaped green leaves that emerge from the large bulbs in the spring that engulfs the area and die about July. They must be removed by hand when they dry up to an crispy onion skin texture. It usually ends up to be a couple of stacked high wheel barrows worth.

Of course this is where the roadbed and the Jamestown industrial spur has to go, right through the middle on them. I watched last spring and thought I could weave through them. But they really flood the area about six inches deep.
In the fall, usually early August, the flowers on thick stalks come up to mid October with no leaves. Thus the name Naked Lady where I live. It goes by other names around the globe. Sorry no nymphs dancing around the garden.
I had thought that something to block them would work, but the leaves would just cover everything. I finally had the idea to raise the roadbed above the ground so the Naked Ladies could do their thing.
Next spring will be the test.
Otherwise I have gotten through the Lavender, across the Naked Lady beds and Jamestown Industrial Spur, (right behind the freight cars in the pictures).
I am now working on the Woods Creek trestle bridge abutments and Gravel Spur grade.