Last Sunday, the 10th of September, committee member Donald Albrecht had a tour of the woodland to look at possible future maintenance projects, as well as to enjoy the woodland’s tranquility.
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Future maintenance projects are to repair some steps and to remove a large fallen branch.
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Potential plant projects are to remove ivy from trees along the southern boundaries, to do coppicing projects of elder and dogwood shrubs and to remove robinia suckers.
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But we have healthy growing oak trees, a large poplar tree near The Glade, the mulberry tree is growing strongly.
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This year we have had quite a good crop of Bramley apples.
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