Terry's photos
A beautiful day at a beautiful venue! We are very fortunate…. This week we were helping the Yarmouth
Harbourmaster with managing the green. The
area we concentrated on was at the corner of the car park where historically there
had been a bench with a woven willow screen and trees behind it. GG had been involved in the creation of the
space for the bench and planting of trees there – see link –
Isle
of Wight Green Gym - Official Blog.: Wed 18th Jan 2017 - Yarmouth Green. GG #
668.
However, time takes its toll – the bench had rotted away,
the trees have grown and become entangled with bramble.
GG-ers set to with loppers and bowsaws. All the trees had quite a trim and the
brambles were pulled out. The space was
opened up, and all litter was cleared from the area. The remains of the willow screen can be seen. All arisings were put into piles for the
Harbourmaster’s team to remove at a later stage.
An additional task was that of ‘planting’ a BioTotem (a bee
hotel in ordinary language). This turned
out to be quite a job as the ground was extremely hard due both to the chalky
subsoil and the hot summer we have had. After
a lot of effort, a deep hole was dug and the BioTotem lowered into it. It was then carefully wedged into place with
hardcore and with the aid of a spirit level the team kept it straight. Finally, loose soil was compacted around the
base. Success!
Apologies for the late posting of this blog – we have had
some technical issues and you may notice it is not showing as it usually does.
Thank you to Terry for the photos.
