Fenby Ave, BD4
A very wet day, but 9 volunteers successfully completed the cutting of the meadow and clearance of vegetation from the pond.
We used both the autoscythe and hand scythes to cut the vegetation, once a few seed heads had been collected to sow elsewhere. The grass was raked off the meadow. This management is undertaken to prevent the build-up of fertility in the soil, which would occur if the plants were to compost in-situ. Grass will become dominant in a fertile soil to the disadvantage of the wildflowers.
Vegetation from the pond is removed to keep some open water for pond-dipping and for the aquatic invertebrates.