Great weather for our autumn leaf exploration this week! We admired all the colours, asked why trees lose their leaves and tried to understand the chemical changes that happen in the autumn leaf. Our leaf collecting wander resulted in with a great assortment of shapes and colours. We pressed the leaves into lumps of clay […]
Rhododendron Removal in Lower Reservoir Woods
On previous walks around the site we spotted three mature rhododendron bushes which have been maturing in the birch woodland for some 20 years. We thought it high time to remove them and help the woodland in its progress to a more mature state. There are young oak and beech taking residence amongst the birch […]
Cracking Composting in Belville Community Garden
Today (Wednesday) the weather turned warm and sunny which was perfect for our visit to help at Belville Community Garden in Greenock. Belville is an amazing community garden with lots of raised beds including new community allotment raised beds, a long tarmac path which is fantastic for youngsters learning to ride bikes, lots of grassy […]
Fungi ID day with Nev Kilkenny
The excitement was palpable; the day that we were going to learn to identify fungi in Coves Reservoir woods had arrived! Nev talked us through the procedure which some us us didn’t know, should always include miscroscope examination of spores etc. as there are several varieties which are extremely similar to one another and should […]
Coves on Camera!
This week we did a bit of everything! After welcoming the reporter from the Greenock Telegraph (known locally as the ‘tele’) who is writing an article on our efforts to set up a Friends of Coves Reservoir Group, we did a bit of tree ID and collected some acorns which are easy to grow. We […]