Totland Meadow Gets a Haircut

The IW Green Gym visited Totland Meadow last Wednesday, the previous day we commissioned Roger Lamlugh to cut a section of the meadow to the west of the field and GGs task was to rake up all of the cuttings. This removes nutrients from the ground and encourages a more diverse mixture of plants.  The cut material was stacked onto the hibernaculum and in amongst the hedgerow undergrowth.   Braken had started to encroach from the north-east corner, this was cleared and the material stacked.  Volunteers also cut down encroaching scrub and cleared litter.