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Finding the Giants
Pupils from Caen school approaching the bridge over the River Torridge where the Giants are as part of their 'Giant Story Telling' day on 17 October
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Scrub bashing the modern way
Devon Wildlife Trust's Alpine Tractor at work clearing scrub on Small Blue Butterfly site at Braunton Burrows
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Seeding the first giant
Volunteers plant-up the first of three "Giants in the Forest". See the heads hung in trees beside the Tarka Trail north of Torrington
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Digging in
Volunteers from the Bideford Sustainability Group plant a new community orchard at Vinegar Hill alongside the Tarka Trail
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Filling in
Volunteers from the Bideford Sustainability Group plant a new community orchard at Vinegar Hill alongside the Tarka Trail
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Another one in
Volunteers from the Bideford Sustainability Group plant a new community orchard at Vinegar Hill alongside the Tarka Trail
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A community effort
Volunteers from the Bideford Sustainability Group plant a new community orchard at Vinegar Hill alongside the Tarka Trail
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I dig you watch
Volunteers from the Bideford Sustainability Group plant a new community orchard at Vinegar Hill alongside the Tarka Trail
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Restoring a hedge bank!
In the 1960s, diggers like this were ripping out Devon hedgebanks. Here is one putting back 500m of hedgebank. Fantastic
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Collecting sea weed
We collected 10 large (smelly) sacks of sea weed washed up by the spring tides in January 2012. The sea weed has been added to the soil at The Happy Cafe garden, Golf Links Road.
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Building rainwater harvest
We added new gutters and water containers at The Happy cafe Westward Ho!
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Beach Clean
Surfers Against Sewage and the Museum of British Surfing teamed up with over 30 volunteers to spruce up the beach at Saunton Sands in Nov 2011
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After a hard day's work
Tom and Alison on the Biosphere Team's coppicing day on the Tarka Trail before Christmas 2011
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Martin gets stuck in
Martin hard at work on the Biosphere teams coppicing day on the Tarka Trail before Christmas 2011
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Marshmallows
Toasting marshmallows after a rainy day's coppicing work on the Tarka Trail near Watergate
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Permaculture garden Westward Ho! November 2011
Young garlic, beetroot and shallots mixed with pansies
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New raised beds for the permaculture garden
Seize the Moment are creating a community permaculture garden in Westward Ho! The produce we grow will be used in our training cafe.
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Winter pruning in the Permaculture garden
Seize the Moment are creating a community permaculture garden in Westward Ho!
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The first trees go in
Pathfield Special School’s Forest School practitioner, Louise Moore, helps pupils’ Lilly-Rose (aged nine) and Tyler (aged ten) plant fruit trees at the soon to be created Pathfield School’s Community Forest School site in Barnstaple.’
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Getting stuck in
Hedge laying at Croyde at a training day organised by the Biosphere Team. October 2011
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Hard at work
Learning the art of hedge laying with Tom Hynes from the Biosphere Team at Croyde in October
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Job well done - Baby Oak Tree planted !
Admiring Baby Oak Tree planted. Charlotte & Christina Woollacott at Rose Ash South Molton in October 2011
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Job well done - Baby Oak Tree planted !
Baby Oak Tree planted at Rose Ash South Molton by Charlotte and Christina Woollacott October 2011
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Oak Tree - For the Future
Charlotte & Christina Woollacott planting Oak Tree Plant October 2011 at Rose Ash.
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Willow sticks for char-coaling
These thin willow withies are stripped of their bark and packed into these containers before being put into the charcoal burner. When they come out, hey presto, artist's charcoal. A great use of woodland products. At the Bulworthy Project near Rackenford - Biosphere Action Week, 15 October
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Be patient
Spoon carving workshop - Biosphere Action Week, 16 October 2011. Lots of whittling but its coming together
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Spoon Carving - East Yarde
16 October - Learning how to carve spoons as part of 2011 Biosphere Action Week
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Start with the basics
Spoon carving workshop - Biosphere Action Week, 16 october 2011. Splitting the wood down before getting to the fiddly bits
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Whittle whitlle whittle
Spoon carving workshop - Biosphere Action Week, 16 october 2011.Lots of whittling
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Here's some made earlier
Spoon carving workshop - Biosphere Action Week, 16 October 2011. A table showing what can be achieved with the right tools, good wood and a great teacher.
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North Devon Surf & Cycle Bus
Get on board the North Devon Surf & Cycle Bus. The Surf bus runs April to October. The service operates daily, and will include Barnstaple, Braunton, Saunton, Croyde, Georgeham Cross, Woolacombe and Ilfracombe. http://www.northdevon.com/North-Devon-Surf-Cycle-Bus.aspx
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Good green fun
Compostible plastic cup at Winkleigh fair. Well done to the organisers for thinking about waste as well as organising a great event.
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