Only a three day week this week so this should be a pretty short post. We were working at three different sites this week, day one was spent at Tollcross park, day two was split between Binghams pond and Garscadden burn park and day three was spent in Kelvingrove park.
Tollcross park was a pretty simple job, raking ground and then planting wild flower seeds. We also removed t
he turf in a number of small circular areas to allow a school group that was going to plant up some wild flowers themselves on Wednesday.
Wednesday was an interesting day that saw us returning to one of our old projects. We were taking aquatic plants from Binghams pond and transplanting them to our pond in Garscadden burn park. The plan is to create cover for aquatic creatures particularly insects. The pond needed a little housekeeping done as some bricks and logs had wound up in the pond. On the plus side the pond was alive with aquatic insects.
Thursday was spent at Kelvingrove park’s Butterfly garden. Essentially we were weeding but with a difference. We had to be sure to leave some weeds, such as nettles, for the caterpillars to eat and hopefully increase the number and diversity of butterflies in the park. Kelvingrove is a fantastic location and we even had some nice weather.
One thing we couldn’t figure out was do ducks hiccup.