Autumn working party day 1

 The sun was shining, the birds were singing, a crew of villagers headed out on to the Millennium Green for the first day of the autumn working party. 


Part of the crew worked on the community orchard nearest to the main road, clearing around the trees, felling the dead ash tree and making some piles of brash on the hard standing area (ideal over-wintering cover for our family of resident slow worms!).


Part of the crew headed over to the Penn Hall Lane end of the Green and set to clearing a patch of ground. Not just for a giggle, but with a real purpose. The plan was to prepare a small area of the Green ready for sowing some specially selected wild flower seeds, to hopefully make the Green an even more beautiful place next year. 





After much strimming, raking, scarifying (not Halloween-related!), sowing and more raking we were all done, and the seed has been given a pretty good start. 

Same again tomorrow?

And which flowers should we look out for next year? According to the seeds (https://www.cotswoldseeds.com/products/416/cotswold-wild-flora) we should have …
Contents per Kg%kg
certified common bentgrass5.00.050
certified smaller catstail3.00.030
certified crested dogstail15.00.150
certified sheeps fescue10.00.100
certified Dakisha smooth stalked meadow grass15.00.150
certified chewings/red fescue31.70.317
Salad Burnet (Sanguisorba minor)1.50.015
native Sainfoin (Onobrychis viicifolia) wildflower1.50.015
Self Heal (Prunella vulgaris)1.20.012
Lesser Knapweed (Centaurea nigra)1.20.012
Ribwort Plantain (Plantago lanceolata)1.00.010
Red Campion (Silene dioica)1.00.010
Ladys Bedstraw (Galium verum)1.20.012
Field Scabious1.00.010
White Campion (Silene latifolia)1.20.012
Musk Mallow (Malva moschata)0.80.008
Wild Carrot (Daucus carota)0.80.008
Meadow Buttercup0.80.008
Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)0.50.005
Ox-eye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare)0.50.005
Betony (Stachys officinalis)0.30.003
Kidney Vetch (Anthyllis vulneraria)0.30.003
Cowslip (Primula veris) wildflower0.10.001
Corn Cockle1.50.015
Corn Marigold1.00.010
Cornflower1.00.010
Field Poppy1.00.010
Yellow Rattle (Rhinanthus minor)1.00.010


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