Because of the late and protracted Autumn litter fall this year our volunteers are spending a lot of time scraping muddy litter off of the paths and reducing the fallen leaf layer burying grass and wildflower plants. beside the tree line to give the plants more light and air. We also cleaned the algae coating off of one of our information boards.

Nice conditions on Wednesday afternoon on December 13 for planting out some more Foxgloves, Ox-eye Daisies and Self-heal plants. We try to create natural looking drifts.

A bit warmer on December 5 and surface soil finally thawed. Malcolm was able to break up the surface soil in an irregular pattern ready to sow Yellow Rattle seeds. Later on Tuesday afternoon he spread 50 g of fresh seed and tamped it in with a rake head. Increasing Yellow Rattle is one of the aims of our Co-op supported project for Mayfields North.

Part of area ready for seed and patting down.