It appears to have settled again, as days grow to gold. As one Green-Gymmer
said: “This summer seems to be going on for ever!”
Nevertheless, looking ahead perhaps to the
days growing short once we reach the equinox, our principal task this morning
was to attend to pre-winter checks on the perimeter boundary of today’s site:
- topping up the dead-hedge fence
- ensuring the ditch outside is free of encroaching vegetation
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| Before |
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Other hands were occupied cutting back
nettles and ivy on the other side of the site
– and removing the debris:
The ideal worker for clearing away slashed nettles
would be one who had big hands:
Among the arresting sights this morning – or at
least those which captured the attention of volunteers – were:
- “the circular tree”:
– actually more of a tree with a U bend:
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| “It would be good for building a boat” |
- a large slug, which prompted recollections of mishaps of outdoor eating:
- leaf gall on a scale few of us had seen before:
Fortunately,
leaf gall is rarely fatal to a tree,
although it can cause early leaf drop.
There are even enthusiasts, in the form of the British Plant Gall Society.
On the whole, though, I think it fair to say that Green-Gymmers would
delight more in a well-earned pint of one of the local brews. ‘Oxford Gold’ or
‘Hobgoblin Gold’ anyone?
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