Sparrow Hawk Farm part three! 04-06-2013

What a glorious day for the third week at Sparrow Hawk Farm. There were 8 of us plus Paul so we divided into two groups. One group concentrated on attaching the wire to the posts which had been put in last week around the second area of trees and the other group tackled the third and final area.

...whilst team B get busy adding the wire
to the posts erected last week.

We marked out where all the straining posts needed to be then carried all the posts, mainly uphill, to approximately the right position. We were able to move and replant 10 trees which made it easier to get a good line from each straining post. Then came the hard bit, digging the post holes deep enough! We started with spit and pick, then crowbar and 'tweezers', but finally resorted to hands and knees. When our arms weren't long enough we decided the hole was deep enough.

Team A get to work on the straining posts (note the need for sun hats!)...

...whilst team B get busy adding the wire
to the posts erected last week. (Fencing 'thingy' back in use.)

Lunchtime was spent sunning ourselves, admiring the view and feasting on cherry pie, ginger cake and strawberries kindly provided by Kit and Megan.

Mmmmm. Cherry pie, ginger cake and strawberries.

Progress was slower after lunch as it was so hot but we managed to get three straining posts in place around the final area. The fencing wire around the second area was completed, except for the barbed wire, and looks very impressive.

Impressive fence indeed!

Paul decided to postpone an afternoon of Cowslip seed gathering at Low Grantley.

Chris S