Tag Archives: wildflowers
Life Goes On…
We are ahead of our winter schedule, which is probably a first in all of the ten years that we have been doing the greenway. Marcus, Chris, Aaron, Kerrie, Mick and myself made it today and seeded the last three … Continue reading
Green Time v. Screen Time
Oh, the irony, sitting here at a screen extolling the virtues of getting away from a screen and replacing it with a bit of green time! It was Marcus and myself again today and we finished the scrub clearance in … Continue reading
Lots to do and running out of time
Marcus and myself today. Just to recap, we want a bird-feeder clearing with a mini-wildflower meadow. We have this and just need to let the meadow grow. We want a clearing focussed on bees and other pollinators. We also want … Continue reading
A Bit of a Change of Plan…
We are having to adapt slightly to fit in with the rest of the clearing season and get the most that we can, with as little effort as possible. With this in mind, we are going to focus most of … Continue reading
Now we wait…
We have done a job in the area where the community bench is. Aaron, Marcus and myself finished off our work in this area. Last year we put up bird-boxes and feeder stations. We have planted trees and now we … Continue reading
Mini Wildflower Meadow
Me, Marcus, Kerrie and Ruby made it today. We have got the meadow seed mix and it was nice to split the session into ripping out bramble roots and seeding the area. The seeds are from a farm in Alcester, … Continue reading
Wildflower Meadow Creation
OMG, today was a killer… We went over the cleared ground on one side of our mini-meadow to remove all the bramble roots. Our choice of weapon was the mattock, which is like a pickaxe but with a flat edge … Continue reading
Wildflower Meadow Creation
Four of us made it today. Chris, Marcus, Mick and myself, and boy did we motor through the scrub. Our mini-meadow will look good next year. It is going to be tough trying to grub out the bramble roots, which … Continue reading
Wildflower Meadow Creation
Day two of our wildflower meadow work and we got another 12 mtr by 4 mtr block cleared. Marcus did most of the clearing work and Mick started digging up bramble roots. Looking up and down from the picnic … Continue reading
Feeling summer is over
Marcus and myself made it this week. We topped up the bird-feeders and then headed south just snipping back any bramble growing across the path, and picking up any litter. We got to the Potsford Dam bridge so a lot … Continue reading
