Wed 23rd June 2021 - Barncourt Farm, Wroxall. GG # 840.

Phil's Photos.

Mark's Photos.

Bob's Photos

The pre-session briefing.

Plenty of HB to pick from..!

Back breaking work.

The tea break chat.

Working our way down the fence line...

until finally....we get to the far end 👏.

I am not going to jinx things by saying " Goodbye to Zoom and hello real world" but fingers crossed that we might now get back to some kind of "normal" Wednesday morning sessions. This week we were over at Wroxall to tackle that pesky plant called Himalayan Balsam. Regular readers will know that this is a VERY invasive plant that, left to grow freely, will easily clog waterways and river banks. For further details click this link https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=480

The usual parking area was not available for this visit so we had to meet up in the farm yard opposite. A short walk took us to the work area and we could immediately see that it was going to be a busy morning..! Usually we wouldn't pile the pulled plants like this (due to the risk of them re-rooting) but the farmer had agreed to collect everything up after we left today. In all there were around six huge piles along the length of the hedge line so a job well done. The previous few days wet weather had softened the soil somewhat which does help when you are trying to wrestle something about the size of a small tree from the ground. 

There were around 15 of us working today and the weather remained dry, sunny and pleasantly warm.

Mark mentioned that we might be working at the Riverside Centre next Wednesday. Once he has finalised the details there will be an e-mail with all the information.

Many thanks to Phil and Mark for their photographic contribution.