bring the new year in with the millenium woods volunteer day 13th january 10 – 3
volunteer days are every 2nd Sunday of the month weather permitting.
if you would like to support PEN You can download a copy of the PEN Membership Form or (preferably) email secretary@p-e-n.org.uk payments can only be made in person at the moment
Love Lane Wildlife garden and food forest has some new benches and entry way.
Why not come along on Wednesday to our informal volunteer day 10 till 3 ish weather dependent! If it’s raining we don’t meet.
if you would like to support PEN You can download a copy of the PEN Membership Form bring it along on the day or (preferably) email secretary@p-e-n.org.uk payments can only be made in person at the moment
Notice of PEN Meeting on 22nd February.
Open to members and non members.
7pm Redwing Gallery, Penzance.
Please email secretary@p-e-n.org.uk if you are interested in attending and would like the agenda.
The charity is in need of Trustees and volunteers who are experienced and have time to invest in both Love Lane and Millennium Woods.
It’s been a while since the last update (mainly due to my camera breaking)… the recent heavy rain after a dry spell has everything at the Love Lane site looking lush.
The wildflower meadow (above) is looking colourful…
With a variety of poppies…
..and other flowers, enjoyed by the insects.
Strawberries are still producing…
Gooseberries well on their way…
..as are the Blackcurrants…
..and a bumper crop of Blueberries…
..Apples are ripening (time to thin them out a bit next week, picking off any diseased or damaged fruit, letting the trees put their energy into the good ones)…
..and finally, at last, we have some Pears! That almost makes up for having missed all the Cherries (the birds had them), as they had decided to ripen during Golowan week.
Here’s a quick guide to the different types of Bluebell found at Love Lane…
Above is the native ‘english’ variety… note the drooping stalks which give it it’s characteristic look. It’s generally found in the woods or in shaded areas.
This is the ‘spanish’ variety… straight stalks and flower bells all around, it’s generally found out on open ground.
Finally, above is a very rare variety, to my knowledge only found at Love Lane… It took me a while to identify: It’s common name is ‘Bluebells attacked by a muppet with a paint spray can’. Hopefully we won’t see too many more of these.
This little chap is a welcome visitor, though!
It’s official… there are elderflowers:
We’ve taken off the lower shoots on the willow, so there are some withies in the making:
…and the blueberry are flowering:
What with the cherry, damson, blueberry, elder, wild garlic, pear and most of the apple, not forgetting the japanese knotweed, you’d think the only colour Love Lane can do for flowers is white!
But then you catch a flash in the corner of your eye… hidden amongst hazel and almost eaten by a monster brash-pile, there is this:
I wonder what colour the apples will be? Here’s another happy customer:
A few recent pictures from Love Lane…
Cherry blossom putting on a fine display.
Damsons, likewise.
…which keeps the Bees happy. 🙂
ANNOUNCEMENT: The regular ‘first Sunday of the Month’ volunteering day won’t be taking place at Love Lane this Sunday (5th April 2015) due to outside engagements, but we’ll be there on Wednesdays as usual, and on Sunday 3rd May.
This week saw the welcome return of the Cowslips…
…Now spreading up the slope on the East side of the site. They’ve been ‘fenced off’ with canes and string, to avoid accidental mowing.
Some of the Hazel is putting on a nice display of Catkins, which look beautiful shimmering in the wind.
The first flush of blossom is appearing on the fruit trees (like this apple above).
