Many things go through your mind when you enter the woodland but on this day, I was taken by the sweet smell of everything growing like mad – especially the brambles! We organised a team to clear the paths to make them easier to walk along, a team to work on the glade around the […]
It has been a while since I posted on the blog. Some of it was because I have been putting a lot of time in repainting my house in Broad street and also because this time of year slows down. Incredibly we have had hot sunny weather and its becoming quite a wonderful year. John […]
Today it rained all morning, so I decided to cancel the volunteers meeting as the floor of the wood was quite slippery after such a long dry spell. As Helen has just sent me photographs taken through her endoscope, I thought I would show these today. This is a real time snap shot of a […]
This morning contained a wonderful surprise and a chance meeting with Helen who very kindly keeps an eye on all the bird activity in the wood. John and I visited every bridge in sequence to check on their condition – a sort of health report – and it was while we were doing this that […]
Sunday 7th May is a day set aside for supporters and visitors of our beautiful woodland nature reserve. Bring a picnic and drop in between 11.00am and 3.00pm. Meet the volunteer team and ask them questions. See if you can find these flowers I saw in the wood on Monday 1st May and pick up […]
John and Mike set out to cut up a fallen ash tree into usable planks of timber. The quality of the cutting revealed a beautiful figuring in the wood which added to its value of being a magnificent material. ( I am currently reading The Man Who Made Things out of Trees by Robert Penn […]
Today we celebrated Bill’s birthday after a marveling at the early show of bluebells. It really is a good year and they look so beautiful under the slowly opening leaves. The green is so vibrant and fresh. Paths continued to be built and I took some time to prop up the iron fence that runs […]
The beginnings of spring announced itself through the hum of bumble bees and the chorus of song birds. It was such a joy to walk into the woods today. John and Mike worked over in the North East part where I came across a well established and huge badger set which has been there a […]
Today the weather was wet and drizzly so we only worked until 11.00am. Most of our activities centered around clearing the hazel coppice site and winding down the pea stick, bean pole production line. Signs have gone up around Cuckfield’s allotment sites offering the bundles at £5.00 each – all proceeds to the New England […]
Not so many volunteers were able to meet up this morning due to some illness and prior engagements. We heard that Tim had to spend some time in hospital with pneumonia, we all hope he has a speedy recovery. Margaret and I decided to tackle a clump of rhododendrons which Tim and I had spotted […]
