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Top team of volunteers on tree maintenance detail today, cutting bracken around some of the trees we planted on Bryn Arw. Hard yakka but all made it safely back to the nursery site for feasting. Great work, people. Trees looking good. ๐ณ๐ช๐
๐งWe've got our irrigation system set up! We've got IBCs at both our nurseries to collect even more water and to help reduce pressure on water supplies. Generously funded by @HeritageFundUK as part of the Green Recovery Challenge Fund's project with our partners, @TheTreeCouncil
Tree tube maintenance and removal yesterday. Working on one of our neighbouring farms we spent the day straightening or removing damaged tree guards. It felt very productive. Cheers to our great volunteers. @ForestryEngland@NFUtweets@lakedistrictnpa@DefraGovUK@HeritageFundUK
Lovely weather for spending the day outdoors. Big thanks to Ian, Christina, Rob and Katie for their help. Very small Silver Birch trees which had disappeared amongst the overgrown weeds. Always plenty to get on with as usual and we appreciate all the help we can get ๐ #ThankYou
Another top session in the nursery with some of our volunteers today. Heated discussion on carbon colonialism and investing landscape restoration projects in the hands of the right people. Better than being at Hay Festival! Oh, and we got a few thousand saplings in the ground.
We planted 630m of new hedging during the last planting season. Hedges are goddam amazing, particularly as habitat: for starters, it is estimated that hedges are home to some 80% of our woodland birds.
Join us today from 19.00 on Zoom and Facebook Live - 'Safe and Sound in the Ground', for tips on tree health and biosecurity, with the Community Tree Nursery Collaborative with Adam from @MoorTrees and @alisha_anstee from the Woodland Trust. Register here https://t.co/N7llbHihiu
We've been experimenting with donated sheep fleece as mulch to suppress weeds, retain moisture and reduce water consumption. So far it's working well with the Oaks planted in lines but not with Elderberry on our windy exposed site. Needs rain or watering to embed the fleece first
After last years clear felling of conifers the eastern valley looks much more open. We have been planting native trees in amongst the felled conifer to protect the trees from sheep grazing but it will be a few years before they become visible from a distance. #trees#planting
Thank you to all the volunteers who attended our High Camp. Volunteers were helping 'free the trees' by removing vole guards. This involves crawling around on hands and knees to find hidden guards, so well done to all involved in this effort!
Live in Hebden, Mytholmroyd or Todmorden? Recently bought some garden plants, herbs or flowers? Got empty trays like this which you don't need? We would love to take them off your hands and avoid #plasticwaste and #reuse them to grow little trees at our nursery. Give us a shout
Seeking used or unwanted pots, seed trays, root trainer trays for our community tree nursery in Mytholmroyd. Last year we collected seeds around Calderdale, lots of little trees ready to grow now but low on pots and trays and would rather #reuse if possible. Please help or share
Working away from Hardknott today helping to maintain/remove tree tubes on Birker Common on the Eskdale side of Birker Fell. Great work by John and Jess and our volunteers. Particularly good to see juniper released from the tubes. @ForestryEngland@DefraGovUK @UBoCarbon
Hand pulling the plants is the most effective method of removing Himalayan Balsam in order to restore the original biodiversity of our river banks and woodland. It allows remaining native plants to take advantage of the additional light and exposed mineral soil for their seeds ๐ฟ