by Joy Winstanley | Apr 17, 2014 | Activities |
Families and young children Every year the Friends organise an Easter Egg Hunt. It is really a chance to get families with young children to visit the site, see what is here and have a walk and some fun. This year it was not raining, which is always a good start, and...
by Joy Winstanley | Apr 13, 2014 | blog |
Protective hedge around the garden Last year we were been given some hedging whips. They are a mixture of beech, hazel and hawthorne. We used most of the whips to finish the Jubilee Hedge in the Nature Reserve but we still had some left over. We are now using these to...
by Joy Winstanley | Apr 13, 2014 | Activities |
Ground Clearance We have started to clear the ground in the proposed Wildlife Garden. Anything that is going to rot down we have put in the compost area but very woody things and roots have been stacked outside the garden area. Around the perimeter of the area we have...
by Joy Winstanley | Mar 26, 2014 | Activities |
Damage to Information Board While the Friends are working hard to improve the site, we do get discouraged when we find that other people are causing damage to the area. This was an information board showing the plants and creatures you may find in the Dipping Pond....
by Joy Winstanley | Mar 8, 2014 | Activities |
Work Done The bases of the fruit trees in the orchard were cleared of weeds and each tree was given a feed of bonemeal. The drains near the Bridle path were rodded to clear them of blockages. Litter was cleared from the edge of the lake. 6 volunteers worked for 2...
