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 […]
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Removing Rhododendron around Coves Reservoir
Despite a bit of rain, our Coves Reservoir green gym got to enjoy the fresh air(and a beautiful rainbow) while supporting the health of their local woodland. As Autumn comes into full swing and the trees begin to prepare for the Winter most leaves change colour and fall. However, the evergreen leaves of the invasive […]
Storm damage in Auchnacraig
The Faifley Volunteer Group rallied to get the paths of the Auchnacraig woods clear after our recent strong winds. It can be painful to see some of the heavy injuries the trees sustain in a storm like that, especially if you’re forced to cut them further, but in a healthy woodland this is the sort […]
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 […]