Not strictly tree related but countryside related

[Matthew Arnold]

Todays job. Replace a retaining fence and make it higher than the original.

[Bob Morris]

Thanks for the information on etablishment - we'll keep trying.

Cheers

[openspaceman]

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.

 

Have you any idea how different wild flower seeds stay viable? I have a commercial mix which didn't get sown this year and wonder if it will be good for next season.

[Matthew Arnold]

Have you any idea how different wild flower seeds stay viable? I have a commercial mix which didn't get sown this year and wonder if it will be good for next season.

 

They should be fine for next year providing they are kept in a cool, dry place. The only thing we put on the bank was yellow rattle. All the wilflowers were in the seed bank in the soil

[Matthew Arnold]

Had a bad start to the day when i had one of my friends knock on the door and tell me about our flagship site. There were some young teens having a massive party to break up for the week half term n left us a lovely mess to clear up. A very nice member of the public helped with the clear up first thing and cleared up 3 bin sacks full of bottles, cans and 3 bbq's. This is what i pulled out of the haycrop. I think when the kiddies go back we shall be paying the school a visit with various pictures of vandalism and litter on the site.

[Matthew Arnold]

On the plus side we planted a tree this afternoon to replace one which will eventually die in a few hundred years.

[Matthew Arnold]

The new toy. Got lots of bits to go on it including a post hole borer, post thumper,back actor (back hoe) and a beast of a flail.

[Matthew Arnold]

The massacred site still has life. Common Spotted and Green Winged Orchids are showing their heads:thumbup: but no sign of the Lesser Butterfly Orchid..

 

Can anyone tell what the last flower is?

[Matthew Arnold]

Our little office. Its a 13th century leper chapel. It would have been twice the size if the builders didn't knock down half of it when they were building the houses around it. The floor is lower than the water table which is interesting when the river level rises and you can see the flag stone floor getting damp around the edges.

[Matthew Arnold]

We have just spent the last two days replacing a set of steps and hand rail on a very steep slope. It was full of sand stone hence why the pegs are on wierd angles and the hand rail is bent.