Saturday, October 14, 2006

Apple Day

The weather was fine and the community orchard was buzzing for the annual apple day today.

It was a vey enjoyable day! My apple was identified (I say mine, my neighbour actually donated it, good of them). It was a massive Howgate Wonder. The book, that the very knowledgable lady had, said it was only of fair quality but the ones on sale there were described as sweet and pleasant which I prefer. I ate apple quish. It was so good I nearly had another helping but then I saw the puddings and chose two of them which were both outstanding. I also sampled some gorgeous, sweet apples.

Saturday, October 07, 2006

Boar's Well UNR last week

Ok, so this is a little late (a week!), and I didn't actually arrive until 30 mins before we packed up, but there are still a few things to report.

One of the big tasks was to clear the pond/spring area from reeds that have grown up and nearly filled the space. It was wet, mucky work! (of course only for 20 mins for me, but a long day for others) There was a huge pile of reeds left by the end, that would have had to be cleared away the next day. They have to stay near the water for a while so that any creatures that get pulled out with them can crawl back into the water.

Other volunteers tackled overgrown paths; some even had the scythes out. There was also the remains of a pretty large looking tree that had to be sawn into smaller pieces - someone had been busy.(as usual not me!)

UNR - Urban Nature Reserve!