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Carlton fencing & hedge laying

December 4, 2012 by Katherine Leave a Comment

The Weekday Conservation Team recently carried out work for Carlton with Chellington Parish Council. They saw our advert in the January issue of the Parish Council Newsletter. The work carried out included formalising the ...
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Filed Under: Carlton, Fencing, Hedgelaying, The Conservation Volunteers, WCT

Compost stables!

November 2, 2012 by Katherine Leave a Comment

The Weekday Conservation Team and their skills were needed at the Green Man Garden at Addison Howard Park during October. Compost bins were needed. These are easy to build if you know how. We used wooden pallets for the ...
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Filed Under: Addison Howard Park, BTCV, Compost bins, Green Man Garden, Red Admiral, TCV, WCT

I’m not going to make a joke about being batty for the garden…

October 11, 2012 by Katherine Leave a Comment

Back in sunny, warm, September, we welcomed lots of visitors to the Green Man Garden for a Bat Workshop.Diana from the Beds Bat Group came along to give us a talk about bats, and answered plenty of questions from the group ...
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Filed Under: Addison Howard Park, Bat box, Bats, Green Man Garden

Join in, feel good

October 10, 2012 by Katherine Leave a Comment

< Go on, you know you want to! ...
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Filed Under: Mini-bus, The Conservation Volunteers

All the hard work is worthwhile!

September 1, 2012 by Katherine Leave a Comment

The Brickhill Community Allotment is really starting to take shape now and reward the group's hard work! The ground is still very heavy clay, so here Debbie is planting a green manure crop to help us improve the soil quality. ...
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Filed Under: Allotments, Brickhill Allotments, community allotments, compost, green manures

A step in the right direction!

August 22, 2012 by Katherine Leave a Comment

Stepping up to the mark recently, the Weekday Conservation Team arrived at Dallow Downs in Luton and started replacing old steps to improve this footpath up the side of the hill on behalf of Luton Borough ...
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Filed Under: BTCV, Dallow Downs, Luton Borough Council, Steps, The Conservation Volunteers, WCT

Invasive species

August 7, 2012 by Katherine Leave a Comment

You might ask, what have we been up to lately?Well, we have been busy with invasive species recently. Those of you who have helped out in the past with removing Ragwort and Himilayan Balsam will have fond memories of those ...
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Filed Under: BTCV, Himilayan Balsam, Ragwort, The Conservation Volunteers, The Wildlife Trust

Fence construction in Carlton

July 12, 2012 by Katherine Leave a Comment

The Weekday Conservation Team was recently tasked with fence construction at a playing field in the village of Carlton, Bedfordshire.Above: A before photograph of the hedge that will be protected by the fence (once it's put ...
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Filed Under: BTCV, Carlton, Fencing, The Conservation Volunteers, WCT

Brickhill Community Allotment

June 23, 2012 by Katherine Leave a Comment

 At last, we've had a sunny day on the Brickhill allotment! As the name Brickhill implies, the soil is rather heavy clay in this area - and the recent downpours have meant that for much of the last few weeks, the site ...
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Filed Under: Allotments, Brickhill Allotments, compost

Reaping what we’ve sown!

May 31, 2012 by Katherine Leave a Comment

Wednesday May 30th saw the second public drop-in gardening session at the Green Man Garden, and there was plenty for the volunteers to enjoy!Not only did we have a beautiful sunny day, but there was also the small matter of ...
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Filed Under: Addison Howard Park, Allotments, Raised Beds

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