The chipper attached to the garden tractor (kindly donated
by The New Horizons Trust) has been very helpful in using up the brushwood
left over from pollarding the willows. The chippings are used as a mulch
for new trees and to make muddy footpaths safer.
For the past three seasons, cattle have grazed the meadow
after the July hay cut. This is the traditional use of the meadow and it
helps to keep the grass fertile. Two calves were born on the meadow in
1999.
