Sunday 6th April 2025 - Work Party

 We have had long spell of dry weather and sunshine and today was no exception. It doesn't really show in this photo but the woodland is beginning to green up now. Sunny days but still very cold at night, frosts forecast for this week, so growth remains slow. 

The blossom is out on the plum amd cherry trees.

Margaret has very kindly bought some more snowdrops in the green and these were planted in the grassy area on the right of the main path.

Planting the snowdrops in the sunshine.

We had a quick trim along the edges of some of the paths and the glade, where the cow parsley and grass had started to encroach.  Things will grow really quickly at this time of year.

              

The owl box was successfully reattached to the tree. The other owl box was checked and found to contain a nest with baby pigeons. 

Sunday 2nd March 2025 - Work Party

 It was a perfect spring morning in the woodland and lovely just to be there. A few people had sent their apologies so I wasn't expecting many. Nevertheless we had a few jobs to get on with.

Some of the bigger hazel was coppiced and the longer rods woven into the den structure to give a bit of definition.

The snowdrops have been great this year, and the weather was cool making them last a long time. We divided the clumps, replanted a bit and then made new planting further along the path. This is the best time for planting snowdrops to get them to establish well, while they are still green.

The tawny owl box had fallen down so we took the side off and were able to see how much debris was inside. It was pretty full. Richard cleaned it out and will make some repairs to the box. 

New green shoots!

The wild (planted) daffodils have done well this year as well.