Last push in the end meadow

Another cracking autumn day at Fromebridge with the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust. Last scheduled day in the small end meadow that isn’t cattle grazed. We’ve been doing this for a few weeks now, and it was almost done. The grass was pretty long so needed a couple of cuts to get it short enough for the winter. As well as the brushcutter, we had a power scythe which was pretty effective at cutting low to the ground. I helped with the raking, of which there was a mountain of arisings. These were added to the existing mountain collected in previous weeks at the top of the meadow. Cutting the meadow with a power scythe One particularly pleasing aspect was the far corner which was cleared of bramble a couple of years back, and there is now dense grass right up into the corner. So although the management is very labour intensive, the restoration is certainly going in the right direction. The day was pretty warm and sunny right through the morning and lunchtime. And as soon as we left the…