Not strictly tree related but countryside related

[Matthew Arnold]

We did 2,560 metres of clearance today. Was good fun until i hit a pile of badger poo.

[jhonnyjigsaw]

We did 2,560 metres of clearance today. Was good fun until i hit a pile of badger poo.

 

give it a risk assesment and timber hitch the botanical spike driving

[Matthew Arnold]

Wednesdays Footpath clearance run. We checked it two weeks ago and it was only about ankle high.

[jhonnyjigsaw]

i think your lying not very happy with you

[Matthew Arnold]

A British Standard stile. The local estate asked if we could put a stile in as horses were using the footpath and were using the silage field as a gallop.

[Matthew Arnold]

One of our ponds we have on a site in sturminster newton. We have Great Crested Newts on the site which was going to be built on and the ditches filled in. This time last year we had the fire service fill the pond up. No need this year. Also some after pics of a couple of windblown Ash. One of which had fallen over slowly so everything underneath was under massive tension.

[Matthew Arnold]

Some shots of the sites recently.

[Matthew Arnold]

Todays shots of one of our hill sites known as Woolland Hill. We have an ancient Yew in the woods with an active badger sett underneath and a very large splayed out Hawthorn. No idea of the age but it obviously splayed out from a central point.

[Bob Morris]

I always enjoy this thread - keep posting:thumbup1:

Refering to the photos posted on 24 may of The Milldown I was wondering how long the bank of wild flowers had been established? Trying to do similar, on a much smaller scale in a churchyard. I presume the yellow flower in amongst the daisies is Yellow rattle (Rhinanthus minor) but here I haven't had much luck in getting it established.

Cheers

[Matthew Arnold]

I always enjoy this thread - keep posting:thumbup1:

Refering to the photos posted on 24 may of The Milldown I was wondering how long the bank of wild flowers had been established? Trying to do similar, on a much smaller scale in a churchyard. I presume the yellow flower in amongst the daisies is Yellow rattle (Rhinanthus minor) but here I haven't had much luck in getting it established.

Cheers

 

 

 

The bank has only taken 3 years to establish. We took wildflower seed from the Ox eye daisy bank and just scattered it after we scalp strimmed it. We found that the best time to sew Yellow Rattle is just before a frost but not to do it in the depths of winter. You need to scalp the area you want to cover and get soil showing between the roots and do it in 1m2 patches.