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Title: A  Wodland path
Post by: Palustris on November 03, 2003, 20:55:41

Here are 2 shots of the path we made over the last week or so.
The wood is not very big and is made of up mainly damson trees with a couple of big hawthorn. There are some elder bushes. Also Viburnum opulus, Acer purpureum, Malus John Downie and one or three bushy honeysuckle.
(http://www.hpphoto.com/servlet/LinkPhoto?GUID=7d08741f-1d03-1915-1167-2eeb7a08181e&size=lg) View(http://www.hpphoto.com/servlet/LinkPhoto?GUID=40e4751b-4c16-5789-734e-2cd92d072615&size=lg)

Title: Re: A  Wodland path
Post by: budgiebreeder on November 03, 2003, 21:22:01

Thanks for the piccies Eric .Bet that was hard work.But a job well done.

Title: Re: A  Wodland path
Post by: Doris_Pinks on November 04, 2003, 23:59:35

Eric, you wanna swop gardens??!! ;D i have always wanted a wood, preferably with a stream at the bottom! DP

Title: Re: A  Wodland path
Post by: ina on November 05, 2003, 10:13:55

Looking really good. Get lots of wildlife there? -Ina

Title: Re: A  Wodland path
Post by: Palustris on November 05, 2003, 20:21:10

First of all 'wood' is a bit of a cheek, there are only about 10 big trees altogether. The area is triangular and about 15 m by 15m by 15m. At one corner is an 25m tall Perry pear, the next corner is an 8m damson and the 3rd is an 8m hawthorn. The path is a sort of ark from the bottom corner almost up to the top and out at the third corner.
Sadly there is no stream, but outside in the field behind a a spring which the farmer has culverted away.
Only wild life are birds and frogs so far.
We have spent the last 2 days clearing about 8m by2m of it to transfer the snowdrops from the path. We have removed 100kgs of broken bricks, 8 25kg, bags of ivy roots and found about a ton of 'field stones'. (look like the rounded pebbles from a beach). It will take along time to get it plant-ready.

Title: Re: A  Wodland path
Post by: Palustris on November 06, 2003, 21:34:15

Here are some of the bricks and field stones (duck stones?) from the 'Wood'
(http://www.hpphoto.com/servlet/LinkPhoto?GUID=485a224f-2a37-7ad7-7857-60f21aee64ae&size=lg) (http://www.hpphoto.com/servlet/LinkPhoto?GUID=287057f6-34a2-84c2-a095-11fb2a7e233c&size=lg)

Title: Re: A  Wodland path
Post by: Beer_Belly on November 07, 2003, 09:35:47

Time to start drystone walling methinks :-)