Volunteers met in the Traditional Orchard to cut the overgrown paths back. The grass is usually cut for hay in the summer but this year that didn’t happen so we set to with strimmer, rakes and bags.
The cut grass was taken into the adjacent plantations where it will rot down, providing nutrients to the soil, food and nesting materials for insects, small mammals etc.
This leaves the meadow in the orchard nutrient poor, the condition that is best for wild flowers.
Thanks to all concerned for an excellent morning’s work.
