Hall o'the Heath

Preparations start for the baked potatoes  

December workday

Message from Colin....

"So this coming Sunday is the most anticipated work day of the year and I hope to see everybody there, but particularly Dave and Chris! 

There are a few jobs that I have thought of that we can do to work up an appetite:-

•  Change the house type nest box in the yard for a new starling box
• re-label all of the boxes in and around the yard with the correct numbers
• check all of the owl nest boxes using the big ladders
• reinforce the wildflower meadow fence with two new fence posts
• remove supports etc from trees in the wildlife garden

and that’s before I ask Ron!"

Sunday December 7th, 09:00 starting from Waterloo Road Car Park.

November Workday

A note from Colin.

"The next workday is the next Sunday which is the first Sunday in November – hard to believe with the weather as warm as this.  The plan is to check the nest boxes at Hall o’the Heath farm; Ron has the ladders, the forecast is fair so we should be good to go.

 

Hope to see you all then."

Sunday 2nd November, 09:00, meeting at Waterloo Road Car Park.

October Workday - Plant Plugs

The October workday was split into two tasks, both at Hall o'the Heath Farm.

Task 1. Planting 150 wild flower plant plugs into the wild flower meadow.

Colin describes the method...

10 plugs of 15 varieties, plus some extra potted plants.

Remove a small area of competing turf, insert and water in.

Task 2. Replace the damaged fence and access point, this should keep straying cattle from the newly planted area.  The two rails have been bolted into place, they will be unbolted in the Spring to allow access once the growing season starts again.

September Workday

Conservation workday for 7th September 2014 will be repairing a stile.  Please gather for 09:00 at Waterloo Road car park for further details from Ron.