Another beautiful day.
A small but enthusiastic group met in Buckstone Road and separated into the litter pickers and the bracken bashers. The litter pickers set off into the woods. The bracken bashers set off to Adel Moor where we bashed or pulled bracken, and pulled up tree saplings.
We are successfully restoring Adel Moor as a small but viable piece of heathland with a resident population of lizards. Unfortunately, we didn’t see any today.
The problem with bracken is that it suppresses other plants which we want to have on Adel Moor – like heather. The good news is that in certain areas of the bracken, there is still a healthy growth of heather beneath the bracken – as shown in the picture above.
Four of the Adel Woods Bracken Bashers
A big thank you to Alan and Diane Yarker who welcomed Friends of Adel Woods onto their smallholding for the third year running to mark National Meadows Day.
We were blessed with wonderful weather, and Alan gave a very interesting and informative talk about the local environment and looking after a meadow. He and Steve Joul then took us for a walk around the meadow, pointing out the many plants of interest.
Friends of Adel Woods 