Our wonderful regular volunteer Margot and Dan from @calderdale.bsky.social mulched the trees planted at Calder Holmes Park in Hebden Bridge 🌳
These trees were planted as part of 40 trees donated from our Daisy Bank community tree nursery to commemorate 40 years of the @womencentre.bsky.social 💚
Fencing in preparation for tree planting this season. Adapted stock fencing with alternating 8ft posts for adding deer netting to keep sheep and deer out so the larger trees grown at Daisy Bank community tree nursery can stay free range and be planted without individual deer guards and stakes 🌳
Ask the Government to confirm a timeline for the legislation of a ban on the sale of peat compost - protect peatland habitat - now over 4,000 signatures, sign today! actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
What a fabulous day for seed collecting at Dodnaze, with the weather on our side.A huge thank you to everyone who came and took part 💚
If you want to get involved and learn more about seed processing and growing trees, please book on Eventbrite using this link🌱
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ctnc-seed-...
It's been a productive day at the tree nursery as part of our usual weekly Friday volunteer day. The empty sections of the main field beds are being weeded and covered with cardboard over winter, so they are prepared for broadcasting seeds and planting out seedlings in spring.
#communitytreenursery
Strikingly cerise Spindle (Euonymus europaeus) fruits showing the bright orange seeds in N. Wilts. for this week's #WildflowerHour #WiltsBotSoc @bsbibotany.bsky.social
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
Call out for volunteers to help grow trees from locally collected seeds 🌱
Meeting every Friday between 10am-5pm at Daisy Bank community tree nursery in Mytholmroyd, West Yorkshire.
#Calderdale #Peatfree #HebdenBridge #Mytholmroyd #Volunteer #Localprovenancetrees #Community #Hebden
HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT!!!
If you haven't seen the news! Check this out! The tide is turning, the Politics of Hope is here!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Please sign this new Parliamentary Petition, which calls for government amendments to the contentious Planning and Infrastructure Bill, which aims to reduce environmental protections in order to accelerate infrastructure development.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
She was arrested for holding a sign reading:
“I do not support the proscription of Palestine Action”
How that would warrant arrest is very unclear. I wonder if the police here even understand the boundaries of the bizarre law they’ve been forced to enforce.
I love amethyst deceivers 😍
Not much experience with wellies, but if you do decide to buy boots again, Haix Commander boots are quite good. Hardly used grade A on ebay for around £60 and they do well in all weather. It's slightly satisfying using ex army boots for nurturing positive work like gardening and tree planting etc🌈🌱💚
Half eaten Beefsteak fungus
#Fistulinahepatica #beefsteak #beefsteakfungus #Todmorden
Classic activity from #BiasedBroadcastingCorporation
Another excellent example of why we need keystone species and rich diversity to help keep everything in balance for a healthy ecosystem. Wolves might not be a realistic option in the UK, but it would be great if we could reintroduce lynx to manage deer populations, wild boar, and also more beavers.
If thousands of us stand up and say "I support #PalestineAction", what is the government going to do? Lock us all up for "terrorism" offences?
This is where we show them how solidarity works.
My latest with the great @doubledown.news
#BanWindfarmsOnProtectedPeatland - Here is the @naturalengland.bsky.social Peat depth map for #WalshawMoor, intended site of 300MW #CalderdaleWindfarm, which has erased most of the blanket bog from their habitats map and produced a poor quality interpolated peat depth map of their own
#Coltsfoot going to seed
Happy spring equinox everyone 🌼🌱😍 We had a lovely sunny warm day to mark the occasion. Good day, working at the tree nursery with lovely people in the morning and hedge planting in the afternoon 👌
This is absolutely shocking, basically bullying of democratically elected governments by mining companies and lawyers 😡 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
We will be out doing maintenance on the big tree planting site at Gorpley reservoir this Thursday 6th March. We will be replanting trees and replacing tree stakes where high winds or stray sheep have caused some damage and we would really appreciate some help.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gorpley-re...
South Pennine Moors are part of a curlew breeding hotspot and a Special Protection Area for them and other birds. That's one reason @protectourpeat.bsky.social is petitioning government to ban windfarms on protected peatland in England - please sign and share petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Signed
Four speckled curlew eggs in a nest
Curlews, the largest European wading bird, nest on the moors in the spring. Curlew numbers have declined with numbers halved from 40 years ago. Please sign and share the Parliamentary petition to ban windfarms on protected peatlands and save the Curlews.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Please sign and share this petition🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Peatland is a vital ecosystem that forms over 1000's of years and acts as a carbon sink by storing vast amounts of carbon and is also home to many rare plants, insects and birds on the RSPB red list at risk of extinction.
