Monthly Diary

2018

To see last year’s work go to Diary 2017

April 2018

forking out spear thistle

ash saplings in need of thinning out

cleariing bramble prior to thinning ash trees

ash saplings thinned out

Dial Hill – forking out spear thistle in grassland and thinning a grove of ash saplings

March 2018

extending an informal trail by cutting sycamore saplings and clearing around fallen trees

trimming back brambles along an earlier informal trail

Clevedon School – extending informal woodland trails to increase accessibility

pruning to reduce height and spread

remedial pruning to reduce height and spread

The Millennium Community Orchard – pruning to reduce height & spread serves to lighten the load on the crown of apple trees that are leaning due to wind and wet ground.

brambles cleared to allow light to the woodland floor

clearing a tangle of brambles

slender sycamore saplings felled

Late winter work at Clevedon School – extending the area of accesible woodland and creating new habitat by cutting back brambles and thinning sycamore saplings

February 2018

trimming the top hedge and removing prunings

thicker stems are cut lower to facilitate mechanical trimming

brambles in the hedge can be rooted out with a mattock

More hedge trimming at Quinney’s Wood and grubbing out of brambles beneath

higher branches can be cut with a pole saw

prunings are heaped ready for a bonfire later on

Remedial pruning in the Millennium Community Orchard

attending the bonfire

trimming the top hedge

the top hedge trimmed

Quinney’s Wood – trimming the top hedge and burning brash

January

preparing to fell a field maple (wild cherry in foreground)

felling a field maple using a 2-man saw

Felling a field maple in Quinney’s Wood to reduce competition for light and water

coppicing hazel (field maple to the left)

coppicing hazel

burning brash

Coppicing hazel in Quinney’s Wood while brash is burnt on a welcome bonfire

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