This is my third post about the creation of a new community garden at Acomb Methodist Church. For the beginning of the story, see A Journey of Transformation.
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| A pile of logs ready for wood-burning stoves |
Having previously addressed anything small enough to succumb to loppers and shears, this was a day for trimming branches or even whole trees where these were dead or poorly placed. For this, we needed James and his chainsaw, with half a dozen adults to move the cuttings.
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| The digger ready for action! |
We sorted by use: really big logs in one pile to make chairs and so on, logs for wood burning stoves in another and twigs, thin branches and weeds on the bonfire.
We had a digger to level the site and remove weed roots and stumps, but I had to leave before it was digger time (I'll add some photos of the finished work another time!)
Things I learned today:
1) Distances look very different vertically compared to horizontally. Branches that looked manageable before they were chopped turned out to take much more space than I had expected. Fortunately James was on the ball with his warnings before cutting anything!
2) Despite my years of pyromaniac Girl Guiding experience, bonfires from freshly cut green wood don't set light easily. This one took three attempts and various kinds of assistance...
See also
- Acomb Garden: the Story So Far
- Renewable heat for our community buildings
- A Journey of Transformation at Acomb
- Lent Reflections
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