Rainwater collection — Blog

4th-5th October

Work on rainwater collection system. Neil/Lesley and Sally and family chose their Christmas trees.

8th October

Our mains water supply ceased.

13th October

Met with Robert Charlton to discuss possibilities of using spring overflow. Treecreeper in Hawthorn on Wildflower Meadow. Robbie has completed top barbed wire and most of fence posts for Meadow.

18th October

John worked on hurdle for Meadow; Clare planted 120 English bluebells and 100 snowdrop bulbs in Top Strip.

26th October

All chippings bagged; general tidy on Meadow area.

28th October

Dave H and John did more felling in Top Strip.

30th October

Mel and John did more thinning and brashing in Top Strip.

Fungi - we really must learn to identify them

6th September

Open Day for friends' work - Neil did more damming and sourced spring below Crag; Jane E and Sally did more brashing in Top Strip; John and Robbie put in 4 fence posts for Meadow; Clare worked on cleaning ivy off top wall and opening space in Top Strip; Pat freed more trees in the Pit Wood.

Week beginning 8th September

4 panels and trough painted for rain water collection on Top Grazing; all bags of chip now in Top Strip; John saw a stoat (Top Grazing) and deer coming from Pit Wood into Scrub; the blackberries are in abundance and excellent; more ivy cleared off top wall; more Black Medic seeds sown and Wild Carrot and Wild Parsnip.

14th September

Last 2 posts in for Meadow fencing; more clearing in Top Strip, painting completed for rainwater collection.

16th September

We met Ian Everard (Forestry Commission) - advised on thinning.

October 2014 - planting for spring, planning for a spring

September 2014 - first stoat sighting!