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Abingdon Green Gym Blog: June 2015
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Abingdon Green Gym Blog. The latest news on the events and activities of Abingdon's Green Gym. Monday, June 29, 2015. Frilford Heath SSSI, 27th June 2015. Sixteen Green Gymmers turned out on what proved to be a beautiful sunny day to pull up yet more Himalayan Balsam. Our tea break was enhanced by some delicious Spanish apple tarts, which Victor had made to celebrate his birthday. Some of us varied the work after the break by pulling up plants on the edge of the large, murky pond, though nobody indul...
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Abingdon Green Gym Blog: May 2015
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Abingdon Green Gym Blog. The latest news on the events and activities of Abingdon's Green Gym. Sunday, May 31, 2015. Abbey Meadows Wild Flower Maze, 30th May 2015. This was the occasion of our maiden visit to Abbey Meadows for a session at the Wild Flower Maze - located just beyond the children's playground and adjacent to the crazy golf course, close to the Thames. We were joined by another new member, Victor, who we were pleased to welcome along. Meeting in Abbey Close. The Wild Flower Maze. The wild f...
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Abingdon Green Gym Blog: November 2014
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Abingdon Green Gym Blog. The latest news on the events and activities of Abingdon's Green Gym. Wednesday, November 26, 2014. Frilford Heath Golf Club, 22nd November 2014. The Green Gym headed to Frilford Heath Golf Club for this Saturday's session. As usual at this site, the main task was the raking and clearing of the Fen. Judy our fungi expert in residence collected many different types to show us, and these were in just the area we were working. It was a hard mornings work so no one objected to us sto...
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Abingdon Green Gym Blog: Mill Road, Marcham, 18th July 2015
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Abingdon Green Gym Blog. The latest news on the events and activities of Abingdon's Green Gym. Wednesday, July 22, 2015. Mill Road, Marcham, 18th July 2015. We assembled in the farmyard at Manor Farm in Marcham for our second assault on the Himalayan Balsam along the roadside and on the farm land. Kristine had brought her grandson, William so with our oldest members also present, we ranged in age from 17 to 87. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). To view our current programme. See our current programme.
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Abingdon Green Gym Blog: December 2014
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Abingdon Green Gym Blog. The latest news on the events and activities of Abingdon's Green Gym. Monday, December 15, 2014. Cothill Fen, 13th December 2014. This was our final outing of the year and our second consecutive work party at Cothill Fen. Once again, we were joined by Judy Webb from Natural England, who was directing our activities at the site. A frosty start on the fen. Margaret demonstrates the correct use of loppers. Rihanna fells a tree. Gathering together some logs for the path. About fiftee...
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Abingdon Green Gym Blog: Ock Valley Walk, Town End, 4th July 2015
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Abingdon Green Gym Blog. The latest news on the events and activities of Abingdon's Green Gym. Tuesday, July 7, 2015. Ock Valley Walk, Town End, 4th July 2015. Our task for this morning was to clear around the young trees we had planted over a year ago, as they were in danger of being swamped by nettles and goosegrass. We also needed to clear vegetation back from parts of the woodchip path, hunt down Himalayan Balsam and pick up litter. Kevin tackles the jungle. Kate and Kristine pull up Himalayan Balsam.
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Abingdon Green Gym Blog: Frilford Heath SSSI, 11th July 2015
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Abingdon Green Gym Blog. The latest news on the events and activities of Abingdon's Green Gym. Monday, July 13, 2015. Frilford Heath SSSI, 11th July 2015. Petra soon finds some. All the vegetation is in full growth now – Robert is just about visible! Yes, it really is Robert! Petra definitely has found some! What beautiful flowers. But they’ll have to go. Time for coffee – the shade is very welcome. Janet is finding lots. Forget-me-nots - I think! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). We meet most Saturday...
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Abingdon Green Gym Blog: March 2015
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Abingdon Green Gym Blog. The latest news on the events and activities of Abingdon's Green Gym. Monday, March 30, 2015. Ock Valley Walk, Tesco End, 28th March 2015. Despite the windy weather there was a good turnout for the session at the Tesco end of the Ock Valley Walk. We proceeded to our usual spot to commence the work programme. Litter picking is one of the main tasks on this stretch of the path and the pickers collected many bags of assorted recyclable and landfill rubbish. Tuesday, March 24, 2015.
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Abingdon Green Gym Blog: Abbey Fishponds, 1st August 2015
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Abingdon Green Gym Blog. The latest news on the events and activities of Abingdon's Green Gym. Sunday, August 2, 2015. Abbey Fishponds, 1st August 2015. It was the first day of August, and while assembling at Abbey Fishponds it was apparent that we had a relatively low turn-out when compared with previous weeks. The reason being that many of our regular number were away on their summer vacations! The Green Gym now takes a break for a week - a summer recess of sorts, but will return on 15th August for the...
