ANYONE FOR THE FIRST SLICE?
Not a slice of cake (although more about that below). Instead - a chance to slice through the vegetation on the Glasshouses verge. This is an annual task which, the NCVs hoped, would be made easier this year by the effect of the yellow rattle seed, planted last year. Let's see if their hopes were fulfilled....
Well - here's one half of the verge at the start of the day.
Still plenty of vigorous growth.
Having spent a day honing the scythe blades
in preparation, Jan got stuck in.
Anita kept a watching brief on expert scyther, Phil
(another of the blade honers).
Now - who's this camera shy chap? Answers on a postcard....
Hot from yesterday's scything training, Andrew H.
seemed to enjoy putting his skills to the test.
Tom "The Rake" did a sterling job, removing the aftermath.
Fran, from 'Parks', took 2 loads of the vegetation
to the tip in her yellow truck (can be seen in the background).
Anita demonstrates how wet everyone got after
the first downpour during the morning. This did
not make for easy scything, as the grass
was soggy and laying in too many different directions.
At least there actually were some slices of cake
to be had - thanks to Liz and Andrew H.
(Happy Birthday Andrew!!)
There should have been more, only Liz
managed to leave it behind in the yard when she left home.
She blamed son Harry who was starting back at school today.
Sorry Mum - more important things to think about than loading up the car.
It was good to find a couple of wildlife exhibits -
particularly as they had all their appendages intact!
By 2pm the rain was so bad everyone beat a hasty retreat...
....however they left the verge in a much better state.
There was much clothing removal in the barn on their return.
Even underwear was found to be rain soaked.
High vis jackets had to be left hanging out to dry.
No comments:
Post a Comment