Five volunteers braved this early rain threatening day in Grangemoor Park and were rewarded with a fantastic days coppicing of willow in the sunshine. The early layers were quickly removed as we set to some of the willow along one of the ditches in this fantastic and tranquil green open space asset.
Altogether we worked for a bout 2 hours and partially cleared a stretch of about 50 metres in length. We left some of the trees intact to allow some dappled shade along these seasonal wet areas. All the brash was stacked along the adjacent fenceline in a light dead hedge. There were definate signs of spring in some of the early flowering willow hybrids as the sap could be seen glistening from some of the coppiced stumps.
Ranger Alec will hopefully recover from his incapacity soon and we'll be able to run another event here before the bird nesting season.
Anyone can come along to Cardiff Friday Morning Project activities, but we like to know in advance so we can bring along enough tools.
The next event will be hedgelaying on the 18th of February and the site will be shown on the blog soon.
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