Boundary House Fen, Saturday 13th of August 2022

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This week's blog post was written by outstanding authors Helen and Henry!: 

Nine Green Gymmers braved the heat on Saturday for a session at Boundary House Fen. We were met by Rod who showed us our tasks for the morning: raking up material that had already been scythed, continuing the scything work and lopping/sawing some brambles and logs.  

Sally, Barbara and Jim set about scything, whilst the rest of the team got to work clearing the ground and making compact and tight heaps with the cut material. This was mostly grasses and rushes but a small patch of sneaky Himalayan Balsam was spotted and quickly dispatched to prevent it spreading in the fen.  

At breaktime we took shelter under a tree not only for some much-needed hydration but also to enjoy some delicious chocolate cake kindly provided by Sally for Eleanor’s birthday. Rested up, we continued with our earlier tasks, thankful for a bit of dappled shade provided by the trees in the area where we worked. With the heaps full and the midday sun beating down, we headed back with the tools before going our separate ways for a well-earned lunch.


A very hot start

Intrepid heat explorers

Smiles in the sunshine

Nothing can hold the Green Gym team back! 

A well-earned rehydration



The best of sunhats 

Graham in a NEW hat?

A back view of the hat

Ask not for whom the scyther scythes 



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