explanation of tasks Today we tackled two main tasks. We did a significant amount of litter picking throughout the site; there seems to be have been a considerable amount of fly tipping on the site over the past few months, but also more litter is exposed in the winter months when the leaves are off the trees. The other task was some tree thinning to create a healthy and diverse woodland. One group of volunteers worked in the area near the meadow, while another group worked on some bigger trees around the pond. This will allow more light into the pond and woodland floor. Some of the timber felled was split and sawn ready to take to the charcoal kilns. It was a good demonstration of how much easier some timbers are to spilt, i.e. the sycamore, and how it can be easier when the timber is fresh. (Though some of the more knarled willow was a challenge – overcome by channelling thoughts (?) about Liverpool’s (unknown at time of splitting) imminent win over Man Utd).
A further patrol cleared damaged and overhanging branches from along the length of the footpath.
Today we worked with 18 volunteers.
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