19th Nov 2020: We’ve recently had confirmation that The Woodland Trust will consider part fund the creation of woodland here at The Lund. After many years of vague ideas of how this all might work, we’ve decided to just jump into the unknown and see where we go… VERY exciting!
The land is a field behind Lund Studios belonging to Debbie’s mum. After many years of renting for grazing she has decided to make the leap of faith to converting to woodland that we can all benefit from. We’re lucky to know Alwyn, a local legend in the world of re-wilding. Having recently planted over 70 acres of his own land with mixed native trees he has a wealth of knowledge that he’s passionate to share in order to encourage more local woodland.
Our thoughts are about creating a woodland that invites people in. With this in mind the planting density will be low and include paths, glades and runs filled with natural wildflower. So, before any thoughts of planting trees we’re looking to sow some native wildflower meadow. Ideally this would have been down before the end of October… we’re a couple of weeks late, but we’re going to give it a go.
Neighbour - Panda - came up trumps with a tractor small and light enough to avoid sinking in the soft mud at the bottom by the beck. An assortment of harrows to choose from (which Panda admitted might be best suited to a farming museum!) meant that he was able to choose one to rough up the grass - exposing some earth while avoiding ripping up all the turf, despite the wet conditions.
