March 2026 - Work Party

 The first Sunday in the month falls on 1st this time so Happy St David's day and the native daffodils are in flower at just the right time.

Native daffodils 

There is a slight lack of photos as I was off site for a while collecting some trees grown by the Suffolk Tree Warden Network to plant near the new shelter to screen it from the path.

The sheets needed cutting to fit around the trees which was a bit fiddly but the roof was put on an screwed down by the end of the session. Here's a few pictures of the process and final building.

The view out from bench

There was some other work going on as well. We have been dividing and spreading the snowdrops bulbs for quite a few years and the display just keeps getting bigger and better. This year was no exception and now the that they have finished flowering, the larger clumps were lifted and divided and next year the snowdrops will be flowering in even more of the wood. 

New  clumps planted.

Dividing the snowdrops 

There has been some carpet stored at the top of the woodland since we used to use it to protect the grass at the Halloween event. We took the opportunity to move it to the entrance so that it can be collected and removed at the upcoming litter pick.

 Some logs that had fallen into the ditch were put back on to the bank so that the water can move unimpeded once more. 

It was good to see some signs of spring, like these newly emerged honeysuckle, leaves. We managed to miss the forecast rain, well done everyone the shelter looks great.