This week we started work with the volunteers on top meadow garden. Felipe worked hard to clear bramble roots with a mattock while the toddlers got stuck into a muddy hole, which became an excellent game of “stuck” and then became an imaginary island! The kids dug for Clay and […]
Our spring woodland trail is here and the woods are once again decorated with an abundance of wooden ornaments to enjoy. 160 Eggs, bunnies, chickens and flowers are decorating the woodland pathway on the conservation side. Visit the woodland to find all the hanging delights – pick out your favourites […]
The woodland management team visited top meadow yesterday to help us clear the bramble in Top Meadow further back, revealing more of the lost field underneath. It was hard work in the brilliant sunshine but the results are amazing!Find out more about the top meadow project here. Or sign up […]
Confirmed Microscopically by Aileen Baird from the University of Birmingham on 07/03/2021. Sarcoscypha Austriaca, common name Scarlet Elf Cup fungus Status Common, found on deadwood in wetland conditions. DetailsA bright red cup fungus commonly found throughout the UK in wetland wood habitat. Looks macroscopiocally simlar to Ruby elf cup fungus […]
We are pleased to announce that thanks to funding from The National Lottery Community Fund we will be launching our new family gardening project on Ten Acres with the assistance of Sustainable Life and Strichley Fruit and Nut Village. As soon as it it safe to do so we will […]
Thanks to Tribal we have a range of tit boxes, bat boxes and a tawny owl box installed on site in Ten Acres. To help you get a better idea of where everything is we also created this handy google map to show you roughly where to find boxes, key […]
We are so excited to announce that badger prints have been spotted in the Ten Acres woodland outside the den/horseradish field by our amazingly eagle eyes volunteer Annabel! Well done! There is now ay I could have postted these out of the muck of various prints myself so I am […]
The snow is deep and the magical fairy woodland has emerged in all it’s beauty. Have you discovered Ten Acres in the snow yet? It really is a most wonderful and peaceful snowy woodland adventure.
We are excited to announce that sustainable life have been awarded the funding by the National Lottery for a new community project in ten acres called Forest Futures. The project is due to start as soon as lockdowns ease enough for volunteering to continue. Full details of this project can […]
So all good things must eventually end – or so they say. We thought we’d go out with a little style of course, so for our final day with the volunteers this year we invited everyone back to the land for a warming fire and feast and some good company. […]
