May 2023

Tuesday 2nd: Looking for Wych Elm and Aspen in flower for the Millennium Seed Bank.

Tuesday 9th: Maintenence work in Dog Kennel Wood

Tuesday 16th: Tree care at Bird’s Park; restaking and counting the saplings.

Tuesday 23rd: Second day at Bird’s Park.

Tuesday 30th: Weeding at Dog Kennel Wood.

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April 2023

Tuesday 4th: Making the woodland Maze more secure for the Easter holidays, and tidying up the tree beds in the nursery.

Tuesday 11th: Final attack on the brambles in DKW, before the undergrowth takes off.

Tuesday 18th: Final sculpture to go in place for the Alphabet Trail – P for Peepbo. Very heavy!

Tuesday 25th: Landscaping the new wetland area on the canal path, to plant later this year.

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March 2023

Tuesday 7th: Continue replanting trees round DKW and environs, and replace O for Owl in Serpentine Wood.

Tuesday 14th: Drill out a base for P for Peep-po and plant more of the big oak saplings.

Tuesday 21st: Try to get P for Peep-po in position, and start hunting for Wych Elm for Kew.

Tuesday 28th: Install the other Alphabet Trail sculptures and start looking for Aspen for Kew

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February 2023

Tuesday 7th: Hedge planting at Haybridge Nature Reserve, Rusland Valley. See Liz H for details.

Tuesday 14th: Dig up the rest of the big oak trees from the tree nursery beds.

Tuesday 21st: General tidying up and repair round DKW. Ongoing work on the Alphabet Trail.

Tuesday 28th: Replant the small oaks and whitebeam, and tackle the rabbit problem down at Noble’s Rest by adding new tree guards.

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January 2023

Tuesday 3rd: Spring clean! Sort out the tool shed and the classroom for the New Year.

Tuesday 10th: Tidying up round Dog Kennel Wood.

Tuesday 17th: Time to move some of the larger oak saplings to a new home.

Tuesday 24th: Tree planting in Beezon Field for the Environment Agency. See Liz H for details.

Tuesday 31st: Replanting the baby oak trees in new beds, plus digging up trees for sale.

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December 2022

Tuesday 6th: KCV Christmas Walk and lunch at Wilf’s cafe in Staveley. Meet at DKW at 9am.

Tuesday 13th: Repair work on the Alphabet Trail sculptures and tidying up DKW.

Tuesday 21st: Restore the newly-repaired Centipede and Kite to Serpentine Wood, and start moving the bigger oak saplings to a new home.

Tuesday 28th: No meeting.

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November 2022

Tuesday 1st: Last attempt to track down seeds for Kew this year. Also seed sorting for Kendal Fell and reorganising the nursery tree beds.

Tuesday 8th: Continue reorganising nursery tree beds and scrub clearance / walling at DKW.

Tuesday 15th: First Aid training session – contact Stephen for details.

Tuesday 22nd: Clearing up after the felling of the two ash trees last week, and removing scrub and brambles from the hazel coppice area.

Tuesday 29th: Starting work repairing the Alphabet Trail in Serpentine Wood, and tidying up / mulching the tree nursery.

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October 2022

Tuesday 4th: More raking on Kendal Fell to improve the habitat for wild flowers.

Tuesday 11th: The third dry stone walling training session up on Kendal Fell.

Tuesday 18th: Tidying up fallen trees on Kendal Fell and sorting out the tree nursery for the winter.

Tuesday 25th: Gardening and scrub clearance in DKW.

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September 2022

Tuesday 6th: Continuing with the hunt for small-leaved lime and barberry for Kew, and tidying up DKW.

Tuesday 13th: We now have permission to pick from the National Trust, so back to check on the barberry and small-leaved lime. And bramble-pulling at DKW.

Tuesday 20th: More seed hunting for Kew, and work on Kendal Fell to prepare for grass cutting.

Tuesday 27th: Raking cuttings on Kendal Fell to improve the habitat for wild flowers.

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August 2022

Tuesday 2nd: Clearing up the “hazel coppice” area of DKW, removing cut material and weeding out unwanted vegetation and self-sown willow/ash/sycamore.

Tuesday 9th: Miscellaneous tasks around DKW. We are starting the Kew work soon, so need to get sorted.

Tuesday 16th: First trip out to start identifying target species for Kew. Likely to be Gait Barrows and Roudsea. Any questions to Nic.

Tuesday 23rd: Hunting for small-leafed lime and hazel trees in suitable sites.

Tuesday 30th: More seed hunting for Kew, and clearing brambles and other weeds in DKW.

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