Tag Archives: conservation

I pulled the nettle pulling workday!

Posted on May 21, 2016 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

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 →

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Paradise

Posted on May 16, 2016 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

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 →

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Keeping it wide

Posted on May 9, 2016 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

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 →

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Nettles Nettles Nettles

Posted on May 2, 2016 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

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 →

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Litter Pick and Plans…

Posted on April 25, 2016 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Myself, Aaron and John today and we walked the whole southern section and just kinda planned what we need to do in the future. Aaron and John are down there somewhere! Basically we want to keep the twists and turns … Continue reading →

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Trouble With The Waterworks

Posted on April 11, 2016 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Just John and me today – trying to sort out the brook that is leaking down the greenway, when it needs to go across it and drain into Lawford Brook, which then eventually goes back under the greenway and drains … Continue reading →

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Saturday Weekender

Posted on April 9, 2016 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Me, Mick and Tim today and we just spent the day burning off as much of the brash and chippings as possible. We are trying to leave the leaf mould and the smaller stuff, and just get rid of the … Continue reading →

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Three Broken Rakes, Multiple Blisters – But Job Done!

Posted on April 4, 2016 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

At one point we had six of us working today. Aaron, Mick, Mike, John, me and a cameo from Sarah. Boy-oh-boy was it such hard work today. Butterfly Conservation cleared the area last year and the contractors put all the … Continue reading →

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Great Cawston Rake-Off

Posted on March 28, 2016 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

We started on the section by Berrybanks today and started raking the chipped wood onto some sort of piles. I figured that this would create habitat for insects, whilst bearing the earth for wild flowers to grow. A bit messy … Continue reading →