Start of 2013

Hello, hope you had a lovely Christmas and New Years. I've been back since the 3rd and here's what I've been up to so far:

Before Christmas, me and Gordon dug a pit in my project area - Lower Winthrop's, and did a soil profile and found it was very clay-y.

Then since I've been back I've been inducted on the petrol hedgetrimmers, which is hard work! Also been clearing borders in the Pillar Garden, the Mirror Pool and the Italian Shelter.

I presented my ideas so far for my project area to Gordon and Richard and got some good feedback - it went a lot better than I was expecting! I am now whittling down to finding the specific plants I want now.

I've done pH soil tests on the Mirror Pool acid borders only to find they were high in alkaline; the pH tests have been really interesting and I will be doing more in my project area and in the Primula Pool.

Finally, I've been doing a lot of work on risk assessments and have just written up a rough draft for the petrol hedgetrimmers - so now I will be off to write that up properly.

Thanks for reading. X