Nettle without a cause

A nice 13 of the goodgym crew turned up tonight, and the heat was not going to stop us.

It was just under 5km for total travel to the task and back, our mission to survive the heat and get the outside area for Cwtch together safe for the children to use again. The dreaded 'Stingies' had taken hold, so it was time to remove these problem plants for a while.

The wonderful Sarah, our task organiser, met us and showed us what needed to be completed. Ant 'stingies' that were around the area were to be removed as much as possible, the grass cut with the hover mower, edged, plus weeding the pathway and a final brush down of it all to clean away the cut mess.

We found a lot of wonderful features around as we made our way through the magical land of flora and fauna, including the great soil burrowing bee, some fantastic spiders and of course the sticky willy.

Thanks go to Su for introducing us to this pesky plant. You may also know it as cleavers, or as a weed - not a term that we like here. Weeds are nothing if not misunderstood plants, out of their correct surroundings, in fact, Cleavers can be a good addition to a wildlife garden, as it provides food for the caterpillars of many butterfly and moth species, including the impressive hummingbird hawk moth.

Our time exploring went by quickly, and it was soon time to head back to camp for a social and a proper catch up.

But before we go one last time for a quick photo as we......

Cwtch Together