Monthly Archives: May 2016
Prickly Start to the Day..
Woucha!! Today we had Mike from Butterfly Conservation, me, Mick, Tim and Mike and we started pulling up the new bramble growth. Boy are they prickly and defensive, but we pulled up loads and roots too. We also got rid … Continue reading
Messy old job today!!
Me, Mick and Mike made it today. We basically pulled all the brash out of what was the pond, but is now just a muddy bog. We burnt off the smaller branches and made a log pile with the bigger … Continue reading
I pulled the nettle pulling workday!
Slight change of plan. I looked at the test area of nettles that I pulled up a couple of weeks ago and nothing is growing. Rather than pull up this valuable food-source, I decided that the best strategy would be … Continue reading
Paradise
Or so it seemed today. Mike, Aaron, Bill and myself this morning and we just beat back the nettles on the edge of the path. With the sun shining and next to no litter, it felt like a really good … Continue reading
Keeping it wide
Myself and Aaron today, and what a beautiful morning to be outdoors. We pushed the edges of the path back with our weed-whips and really this is the width that we need to maintain all along the greenway. Plenty of … Continue reading
Nettles Nettles Nettles
Just me today, so I started pulling nettles. I started clearing around a clump of forget-me-nots. I will keep working on this area so that we can see if anything else starts to come up. If it does, it will … Continue reading
