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Report of Working Party – Thursday 18th October 2018

1st November 2018 By John Roper Leave a Comment

We had a good turnout of 12 volunteers on a bright sunny day, firm underfoot, and following a very windy spell of weather.

Tasks Completed

Mulching the Parsons Bed

Mulching Party
Mulching The Parsons Bed
Mulching The Parsons Bed

Clearing a fallen Hawthorn tree.

Alan cut up a tree that had fallen in the overnight winds on the North slope.
Clearing Fallen Hawthorn tree
Clearing Fallen Hawthorn tree

 

 

 

Planting Wild Flowers

Jenny brought trays of cultivated flowers which she and Lucy planted on the North Slope.

Sara planted 50 x Primrose plugs near the Team HQ

Planting Wild Flowers on the North Chalk Slope
Planting Primroses by the Team HQ

 

 

Replacing one more fencing panel, and measuring the entrance gate

 

Resetting a Fencing Panel
Fitting another fencing panel
Fitting Fencing Panel near the Entrance

A Donated Fern planted in the Entrance Bed    – Elevensies

A Donated Fern in the Entrance Bed
Work Party 18th October 2018

 

 

 

 

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