A few members of MWN got together on Saturday to work on Postbox Pocket Meadow. The plan for the day was to do a late cut on the grass, and clear away the debris, and particularly the leaves that have accumulated on the spot. These provide too much nourishment to the ground, and discourage the succession of the plants we’d like to see growing.
The mow went surprisingly well given the damp grass, and the area was very vigorously raked, with the intention of disturbing as much of the grass as we could, in order to the the next phase. Which was adding some of our saved and donated yellow rattle seeds over the area and tamping them down with some very coordinated stomping! It was also great to engage a number of dog walkers and passer’s by to tell them what exactly we were up to.
We were incredibly lucky with the weather, as it was dry on the day, and nice and wet the next, ensuring that the seed would get a great chance to bed in. Be sure to keep an eye out from March to see how the patch is going!
