Chipping Away in the Sunshine

We had a glorious summer evening for our Group Run task this week. Our project took us to the far field at Ockwells Park in Maidenhead where Ranger Tom had asked for our help to protect the new forest they have been created there for the past few months.

We couldn't let the grass grow under our feet as we needed to clear weeds away from around the young trees that were growing strong - they are getting so tall now. Then we had to add some mulch around the base of the trunk to help protect them further.

Anthony got straight to work with the wheelbarrow, helped by the fluffy Fleur, and ferried the mulch into the far corners of the field where Amy, Amanda and Emily had cleared some space around the tree base. There were some tough weeds but Clara made short work of them whilst Claire and Gillian worked near the fence and chipping away at the pile of mulch ensuring all the trees were protected.

We were surprised to find lots of oak saplings dotted that had sprouted up which we think were back from when GoodGym planted acorns many months ago. It was so lovely to see them dotted about the field peeping through the ground. Eventually we had to tear Georgeta away from the rescue but we will all be back very soon as there is still much to do.