Here we are again, back at Hopetoun House on tuesday, and doing the fun and exciting job of rhododendron wrangling with ex-VO and now seasonal ranger Gemma, and ranger Peter. Well, what to say about this fairly familiar and ...
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LNR
Today we headed off to the LNR at Merkinch for some much needed vegetation clearance and litter-picking. A handrail at the viewing platform needed to be replaced and the steps were in need of having the rogue blackcurrant and ...
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Mud, mud, glorious mud
Today, we headed off to Kinglass Community Woodland on the edge of Bo'ness Village to remove a pond feature from one of several footpaths within this site!
Our biggest problem however, due to inclement weather was MUD! ...
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Down by the Riverside…
This morning saw us out at the old Himalayan Balsam culling again. We are working our way along the banks of the Conon and Peffery rivers ridding the sites of this pernicious plant. Today we split into two main groups-me and ...
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All go on the invasive front
So, back to blogging properly this time after a few setbacks.
We have been having a fun and exciting few weeks mainly pulling up Himalayan Balsam in the pouring rain.
There have been a few more interesting days going to ...
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