Today we replaced some badly disintegrating guards on trees we planted 19th March 2022 to replace the non-native alder (American?) that died en masse around 2018 at SC14b. The trees, mainly oak are doing okay, but the deer were getting at them. In fact we saw a deer whilst there - it just stood a few yards from us watching our activities, then calmly sauntered off.
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| Dianne, Kara, and Dave. |
There was some tree work this morning. But there was also representation going on at the Leadboilers Fayre. Dianne, Jess, Kara, Dave and Ben were there.
Ben and Jess entered the "bale races". Jess says she is now officially the second fastest woman in the Colne Valley. I assume she's referring to here place in a race.
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| Another from Tanya's series "Terrifying pictures of cows" |
We were up above Linthwaite today weeding some farm hedgerows planted a couple of seasons ago. It was hard work, thorny, nettly, and tightly framed by stone walls and barbed wire.
We were; Philip, Dan, Tanya, Adam, Dianne, Asad, myself, and Dave.
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| Dan, hemmed in by thorns and wall. |
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| Trippy pic by Tanya |
Philip led myself, Kara, Tanya and Dave up to Redbrook, and then down to a very nettle-y spot in Marsden.
Geoff, Dan and Jess were at New Hey.
All of us weeding. And the sun didn't shine quite so hard.
https://youtu.be/QJhqa4043xo?si=-wIpS-96-iL_n3g4
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| Watering parched plants. |