Where on earth has July gone?
This week was the last NCV task day for July 2023. I'm not quite sure what happened to July. It no sooner arrived than it has come to an end. The gang celebrated this auspicious day by doing something that they do well. No. Not balsam pulling; not holly removal; not tree planting or even hedge laying. They were bashing the rest of the bracken in Old Spring Wood, above Summerbridge. This time they needed to start up at the very top of the hill - so that's what they did - as you can see below.
The top plateau was a mixture of
ferns, bilberry and bracken.
The bilberries made a tasty, mid-morning snack!
At the far end of the plateau a small sapling
was given some protection
from a makeshift tree tube.
Top plateau complete, the gang
moved downhill to the conifer area.
This is always an area that has plenty to keep folks busy!
Osian was put in charge of the litter bag.
He managed to find this amongst the bracken.
Probably from last year's bash!!
Unless it was a seed from one of
these very strange trees
growing in the wood. Hopefully not a new
invasive species taking over
where the bracken left off!!
At one point there seemed to be a bout of one-up-manship
when various NCVs started telling
of their encounters with wildlife.
Tony opened play with his Tawny
owl at the bottom of his garden.
Andy C came next with barn owl chicks ready to fledge.
But even this was trumped by Julia and Dave's
Scottish garden views of red squirrels playing
in the trees.
(Ignore the sound track - I think it
is someone doing the washing up!!)
Over the last few weeks a small band
of NVCs have been working on a Monday
to sharpen all the tools. This week a band of quackers
dropped by at lunchtime to see if they
could be of any assistance!
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