Lower Fields Primary School

It had pleasant weather for our meadow and pond tasks. We weren’t even plagued by midges this week.  The meadow areas were cut, using the auto-scythe (until it had a mechanical – obviously not impressed by its shiny new cover) and hand scythes. We raked away the arisings in order that the fertility doesn’t build up and benefit the grasses rather the flower species. We leave some of the edges long as a refuge for the invertebrates, and we were glad not to cut some areas too short as the young frogs were hiding in it. 

Areas of the pond were cleared to maintain some open water for the aquatic invertebrates and to make it possible for the pupils to pond-dip once a new bridge is in place.