September

 

One of the aspects I personally like about working in the churchyard is the variety of jobs and the pleasure of seeing an area transformed I was not expecting a job to literally drop at my feet though! A exceptionally strong couple of days strong wind left the churchyard littered with broken branches, so armed with a bow saw, croppers and secateurs we set about clearing up, the bigger wood will be used to add edges to planting areas and has been stacked on one side, the brush wood was neatly piled and made into a dead hedge, another winter habitat. Which reminds me, we must clean out the bird boxes. Elsewhere a replacement frame has been put around the sign next to the South Porch so it seemed a good time to tidy that area and plant up some urns we have been given with black grass (Ophiopogon planiscapus) that has lovely white or violet flowers in spring.