Today Inverness GreenGym improved and extended the drainage ditches adjacent to one of the paths in Merckinch Local Nature Reserve. In places this work was hampered by a layer of gravel and stones mere inches below the ...
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Archives for September 2009
Broomlea School Nature Garden
A real change of pace for us today, we went to Broomlea school and helped bring order back to their nature garden. I got to put my newly acquired trimmer and brushcutter skills into practice (with minimal scalping).
We did ...
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Scratches for everyone!
Last week we had the chance of doing lots of different works.
On Tuesday we were in Dr. Mackay's Woodland adding posts to the chicken wire and lots of slashing / grass clearance, bramble scratches for everyone!
On ...
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Gone Fishing?
No, Dingwall GreenGym were not fishing, but they were working on a fishing platform, clearing the reeds around it so that local anglers can cast from it without obstruction. Also the group repaired the handrail, which had ...
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Gorse Bashing!
After a short climb up to Dunain community wood on the Great Glen way, Inverness GreenGym spent the morning clearing gorse.
Starting with a drink enjoying the view from the clearing the we had created on an earlier visit. ...
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