September-Jobs

This is a “notepad” page for jobs that we see during the bird-nesting season (March to August), that we need to remember to do in September onwards.

Divide path into 5 separate sections

Bilton To Bear 600 metres (4 weeks September)

Create glades and shafts of sunlight around friendship triangle benches x2

Stain all benches in section

Reduce overhang

Encourage sunlight onto south-facing bank

Stack brash as dead-hedge on edge of greenway

Bear To Underpass 600 metres (5 weeks December)

Stain benches in section

Jamie week? Clear trees along path edge from Underpass, northwards. North of Berrybanks – cut trees leaning into path on north-west side

Clear and dead-hedge/stack Jamie cuttings

Clear overhang to create flat-bottomed V profile

Clear branches overhanging benches

Clear parts of south-facing bank

Clear out wildflower mini meadow north of Underpass

Push scrub back one or two metres

Stack brash as dead-hedge on edge of greenway

Underpass To Bridleway 900 metres (5 weeks October)

Thin out trees to 2.5 metres+ and retain cuttings

Push scrub back one or two metres to create wildflower margin. Use tree trunk cuttings to define path/wildflower margin edge so we know how deep to strim in the summer.

Stain benches in section

Reset (postfix) Mick’s sunset bench and sandpaper offensive graffiti on top

Clear overhang to create flat-bottomed V (use ladder to cut high branches)

Clear out Charlie’s wildflower clearing and widen entrance

Clear ivy

Open up glade around bench quartet

Create space for everything to breathe and sunlight to get in

Stack brash as dead-hedge on edge of greenway

Bridleway To Potford Dam 700 metres (4 weeks November)

Stain benches in section

Rip out scrub on north-west side of path around friendship triangle to create glade between bridleway and bird-feeder clearing

Remove overhang on south-east side and create flat-bottomed V profile