Eleven of us had an excellent day at Dunham Massey working with head ranger Andrew Wyllie. Today was the first workday for three of the group and the second workday for three more.
The job for the day was to resurface a ditch opposite the sawmill left in a poor state by the contractor that had laid utility pipes to the new Visitors Centre. The upper crust of earth had baked hard and if left untreated would not reseed successfully. At best nettles would grow on it. We broke up the surface with forks and spades and then raked in about six tonnes of fine topsoil such that the soil resembles the soil in the rest of the deerpark.
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| Many hands make light work... |
When it next rains Andrew will reseed the area and by the end of the summer it should have greened over. Dunham have taken expert advice about what type of grass to sow. They don't want a grass that will outcompete the surrounding parkland grass and instead want the parkland grass to encroach over the ditch.
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| After the next rain the ground will be reseeded |
It's been a while since we've worked with Andrew and it was good to catch up with him and hear the latest Dunham news including the great success of the Stamford Military Hospital.
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