Picking brains & litter
2 GoodGymers made their way to help their local community in Redbridge.
- Saturday, 9th of February 2019
- Led by Peter Van Tongeren
The next episode in the long running saga dubbed (by me) 'Bancroft Forest' started with Liz' travel adventures. Bags safely locked away we had a little walkabout around the area discussing the options for wildlife hedges & bug hotels, natural vs fancy-made ones. Turns out that some of the work done on a previous session actually resembles a natural logpile style bug hotel, so some little additional works are now planned to make it 'proper'. Work on a wildlife hedge might have to wait a little until we can establish what rules govern the area, if any...
Brain picking done, time for some litter picking as well. Bins got filled & emptied & filled again, with a variety of items found:
bottles & cans
several mugs (related to the kitchen sink found last time?)
little red catapult (not as strong as Liz thought, see pic...)
large (homemade?) battery
Mercedes wheel hub (not the rest of a Merc unfortunately)
and ofcourse used condom wrappers, seemingly a Liz special... best to ask her about that! ;-)
As a finale some logs discovered in the undergrowth were collected, bound to be of some use further down the line and the fence was cleared of a dozen or so ties & bits of rope, remnants of all sorts of posters etc over the years.
Any feedback / info / advice on bug hotels etc will be very much appreciated, including whether to go all natural or use recycled items as well.
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Hah! Love the write-up :D I'm looking forward to the next installment! 😄
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