Something different for Tad and Alex for a couple of days in August erecting signs around the CCDA at Tidworth.
17 signs erected around an area on Salisbury Plain to prevent unauthorised access by 4x4s.
Erecting signs at Tidworth
Flailing around young trees
Following on from the spraying of the new woodland earlier in the spring, we have now returned to flail off between the planted rows of young trees to further aid their establishment in Year I.
We will return to spray out rows shortly with the quad-mounted sprayer to ensure the best start possible for the new woodland.
Weed Control
Tad has been treating weeds on a few sports pitches this week when the weather has allowed. The quad and sprayer does not leave any tyre marks on those cricket squares.
24th July
Mulching small style with Takeuchi Power
Mark making a start on clearing a steep woodland that has been devastated by Ash Die Back
Mark making a start on clearing a steep woodland that has been devastated by Ash Die Back
We said it was steeper than it looked so someone has come to help.
Not sure what the collective noun is for two Vosch Grapplesaws – a brace perhaps?
Creation of a wildlife pond last week
Creating a wildlife pond last week – with a slightly more positive outcome than Clarkson’s Farm attempt to rebuild a dam to create a pond! Following the failure of an old dam, Conservation Contractors were asked to replace the failed structure and clean out the old pond while there.
Young trees in Hampshire given the best start
Tad’s spraying of young trees now showing up to full effect on a site in Hampshire – the best start they can have. Weed control around newly planted young trees help them survive their first growing season
May 2024
Treatment of oak trees for Oak Processionary Moth control
Something a little different today in Aldershot
Treatment of oak trees for Oak Processionary Moth control
Forestry Commission guidance is that oak trees within 50m of an infestation removed in 2023 should be treated to control any larvae that have hatched this spring. Treatment is undertaken once the leaves have emerged and provided the larvae with food. 2 treatments, 10 days apart, are undertaken with a naturally- occurring bacteria. This does not affect other wildlife.
Caterpillars of the oak processionary moth (OPM) are a pest which can be a hazard to the health of oak trees, people and animals in this area.
May 2024
Conservation Contractors News
Spraying 100,000 newly planted trees across Wiltshire and Hampshire April 2024
Tad has been busy during the settled weather last week spraying over 100, 000 newly planted trees across Wiltshire and Hampshire to control the weeds to ensure they have the best possible start.
