Work Party Sunday 5 October

Meet 9.55am at The Iron Bridge

Dear all,

We had a collaborative work party this month.

A Friends of Stockers Lake project to create a wild flower meadow led by Linda and Kate and assisted by Josh from HMWT set to work to create the best conditions to achieve our goal. For these conditions to exist we need to weaken the soil by removing the nutrients in the ground. Having prepared the ground with much mowing, raking and turning over of the soil we sowed yellow rattle seeds. This plant weakens the roots of dominant grasses, reducing their vigor and preventing them from out-competing other wildflower species. 

I'll be honest, the field doesn't look pretty, but this is a long term project to establish a stable environment for wild flowers. Oh, and we did optimistically scatter some wild flower seeds in with the yellow rattle!

Two of our team also set off to reclaim a section of 2 year old hawthorne hedge that was swamped by undergrowth and to widen a section of pathway.

Many thanks to: Ken Davies, Phil Gibbs, Christine and Nick Gray, Phil Davies, Alison Marriott, Linda Ascroft, Kate, Janet Lowndes, Josh Kalms Nigel Daley, Russell Ball, and Mike Lansdown.

Jack Westbrook

Best wishes
Jack Westbrook

Lead Warden

Friends of Stockers Lake

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