Another glorious sunshiney day in the village saw another dedicated crew of volunteers working on the green. Again in two groups, a section of grass close to the stone and picnic bench was strimmed, raked, scarified, raked, strimmed and then sown with the wildflower mix. We’ve now got 200m2 sown, and with any luck the flowers will be beautiful next year (and beneficial for the animals, birds and bugs that also use the green. Please don’t walk on the wildflower areas, and try to keep your dogs off them. The other willing and tooled-up volunteers have severely pollarded 2 Crack Willows around the pond. We have done this for two main reasons: the tree height being reduced will let more light into the pond and less leaf fall, and as the tree re-sprouts it will create new bird nesting sites and improve biodiversity. The brash has been used to reinforce the dead hedges that close off access to the pond. This will allow frogs, toads, newts and other amphibians to have more protection as wel