Work Party 24/11/2019
We had received about 400 whips from the Woodland Trust, comprising 6 species suitable for woodland edge: blackthorn, elder, dogrose, hazel, crab apple and rowan. So our task today was…
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Whip planting work party 24/11/2019 Help needed !!!
The Friends of Sharphill Wood have 400+ tree whips that need planting in the wood during our next work party on the 24/11/2019. I know this is quite short notice…
Mini work party 10/11/2019
David and I spent a couple of hours at the Wood this morning clearing the way for planting donated whips, hopefully at the next regular work party on 24th November.…
Work Party 28/10/2019
We enjoyed lovely sunny weather for the work party today, although numbers were down because of the rugby world cup semi-final and school half term. We already had some material…
Work Party 22/09/2019
Early morning rain had cleared by the time we started, and it was with great pleasure that we welcomed several new volunteers. Our main task was to tackle some of…
Extra work party 08/09/2019
This additional work party replaced the July one, cancelled because of bad weather. The main aim was to complete clearing around whips along the north-eastern boundary and the whips /…
Work Party 23/06/2019
Today’s work party took place in fine weather, and we had at our disposal 3 scythes, kindly loaned by Notts Wildlife Trust / Skylarks. One job was to trim encroaching…
Work Party 26/05/2019
Today’s work party missed the worst of the rain and we were pleased to welcome two new recruits, Judi and Paul, making up a party of 10. One group cleared…
Work Party 28/04/2019
Ideal conditions for the work party today: dry with very little wind. 7 Friends were able to attend. We focused on four tasks. Firstly was work on the edging on…
