"I say, I say, I say"
"What's green and spiky, takes over completely, and is the bane of the NCVs' lives?"
"Easy - holly of course. And it is definitely not something to joke about!!"
No indeed. Holly is a relentless invader of woodlands - thanks to birds spreading the seeds in their droppings whilst perched in other trees - and this week the NCVs were back in Harewell Woods to continue with the holly removal job they last started at the end of July. It was hoped that the brash could be burnt, rather than dead hedged, to try and speed up the process. There is so much holly to take out and time is limited.
The pictures below show the highlights of the day....
Andrew and Adrian got busy
sawing and lopping.
And Dave set to, dragging the brash away.
Anita and Tim processed said brash.
And this was then added to Tim's fire,
which started small...
...but soon blazed into a Christmas
tree shaped inferno.
Liz used her new electric chain
saw and ended up using all three
battery packs during the day.
"Can someone come and clear
up here please?"
"That's better! Though still a bit to do."
Ken wished he had done
the chain saw course...
...and demonstrated how well he could
do this by sawing Tim's head off.
Not all of the brash was burnt.
This giant habitat pile was also constructed.
Whereas these heaps were cleared and burnt...
...and logs were piled neatly.
Well done team! Lots more light can now get into the woodland floor. Who knows what flowers will now appear in the spring time?
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