Last week we were working with trees all week. On Tuesday we were planting trees at Blackness. A hedge was planted a few years ago around the community garden, so we were replacing the trees that had not survived. Many of them were eaten by rabbits so we put tree guards around them and hope they should make a good hedge in time. We enjoyed lunch on the metre strip of grass between the beach and the snow with a good view over the Forth Bridges.
On Wednesday we had a more destructive day at Drum Brae. We were lifting the crowns of trees in a Millennium woodland, helped by Edinburgh Natural History Society. At lunch time a chipper came and we spread the chips out as paths through the woodland. When we were not hard at work we enjoyed sledging. A ramp had already been built and we all took turns on some plastic bags that worked well as sledges. See some photos here.
On Thursday we did a similar task at Hawkhill Woods. It snowed during the day, but we didn’t have to remove the branches; we left them instead as habitat piles.
Now the weather has warmed up so we can get on with our new construction projects. We’ll keep you up to date with how things go.