December workday and food

A message from Colin

"Dear all,

I am sure you don't need reminding that it is baked potato Sunday this coming weekend!  I hope we can all attend since there is also a lot of work to do - check all nest boxes + a bit of strimming + a gate post to mend and possibly most important of all I want to take a team photo to help commemorate the winning of the NWIB award.

see you then

Colin"

Hall o'the Heath Pond

During the summer it was noted that the pond at Hall o'the Heath Farm had become overgrown with vegetation to the extent that you could walk across it.  The plan was to dredge half the pond and remove much of the strong growth.  Back in the autumn we had removed a post and wire fence so the cattle should now be able to graze down the the waters edge and keep future growth under control.  During November the pond was cleaned out with an excavator, we are now waiting for more rain to refill to cover the shallow edge of the pond.  In a wet year the water spills over the back edge of the pond through trees and into a drain, these pictures show the lowest level of water for many years after a mild and dry autumn.