The Big Help Out Monday 8th May

As part of the Coronation celebrations, we offered people the opportunity to come up and help out with our wildflower meadow.

The Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust ran the ‘Bee Together’ Programme with us last Autumn. Children from Embsay Primary School plug planted flowers and sowed seeds, all originating from local estates and farms. We were instructed to leave the meadow over winter. Now, in Year 2, we needed to weed out any small (or larger!) docks and thistles, mow early if required (since we removed the turf initially, this wasn’t necessary) and wait with baited breath.

Marian, our very knowledgeable neighbour, agreed to come down to help us identify the emerging plants. We were all relieved when she told us that a good amount was coming through, including yellow rattle.

Just over the beech hedge, a small team started to build one of our pond dipping platforms.