Tag Archives: NCR 41
Visit from the mothership
Great to be joined by David from Sustrans, today. David brought gifts, in the form of cookies and our much needed Lady’s Bedstraw and Hedge Bedstraw seeds. We now have enough seeds to really encourage our Bloody-nosed Beetle population along … Continue reading
Squirrels 2-0 Harty
I felt like a man with a plan today – how wrong I was.. I made what I thought would be effective baffles to keep the squirrels off our feeders. I was so pleased with the outcome. So thinking that … Continue reading
My Gosh This Is Hard Work!!!
Hard Work!!! – second day in a row where we had the wrong tools for the workday!! But we soldier on and make the best of what we have. But back-breaking not having the right tools so I had to … Continue reading
A Very Reflective Day…
Well this was the last of our “easy days” where we are just picking up the small amount of litter, and cutting back brambles that look like they are about to break out across the path. Behind this easy time, … Continue reading
It’s Looking Good!!!
Today I jumped on at Berrybanks and walked down to the bird-box clearing, where I met Mick and Aaron. Picked up about a third of a bag of litter. Some of it was aged stuff and a little bit of … Continue reading
More litter-picking
Me and Aaron today and we carried on with the litter pick pretty much where we left off last week. Two big sacks full of old beer cans and general litter. We have covered all of the ground now, so … Continue reading
Bear Litter-Pick
Mick and me finally got down to the bridge that goes over the greenway by The Bear pub. We wandered up to Berrybanks and then back again, picking up as much of the litter that we could reach. It was … Continue reading
Bye-bye Sow Thistle
Three of us today and we set off snipping back any bramble that was creeping onto the path. Aaron went southwards and reached the end of our bit, whilst Mick and myself headed northbound and again. got to the start, … Continue reading
Today was buzzing – literally!!
Aaron, Mick and me today and we ended up walking down to the end of the greenway (the bit that we look after) and back to Berrybanks. There were butterflies, bees, hoverflies, and all manor of things buzzing around collecting … Continue reading
Buzzards came to visit us today
Nice to get on the greenway today after a nice holiday last week. Joined by Mick and Aaron and we did all that we could at this time of year, which is keep any sprouting brambles cut back off the … Continue reading
