Gayton Churchyard on the 16.10.23.
it was a chilly start but the group soon warmed up.The tasks for the morning were to rake up the grass cut by the brush cutters, to cut back the suckers on the Lime trees and to remove the young Ivy on the wall alongside the road. The brushcutters left small areas of grass uncut and also on a site in the middle of the Churchyard to provide protection for small mammals and reptiles and overwintering insects. The tall nettles on one side of the entrance to the Churchyard were brushcut, then the Buddleia on the same side were pruned. On the wall alongside the road any Ivy creeping up it was removed as were the suckers growing from the base of all of the mature Lime trees along the main path. All cut material, was transferred to a composting pile to the edge of the Churchyard.
At the end of the morning John thanked everyone for cutting and trimming the vegetation then removing the cut grass, branches and suckers leaving the Churchyard tidy.
