A warm quite sunny day in early October ’22 at Rectory Road Farm was the scene of some restorative planting around the edges of some of the scrapes, swales and ponds that had dried out (badly in some cases).
A selection of indigenous plants, including the beautifully scented water mint, were planted.
Rocky our faithful inspector checked the condition (by treading on them in some cases)
Once his tail wagged we knew we were ok to start.
Many were planted below the water line so at the end of the day there was not a lot to show for all our work.
We ended up very, very muddy but happy in the knowledge that in the future the water will attract more wildlife and look much more natural and be a great feature in that field.
