On Saturday (3.2.24) our Stage One renovation will continue by removing Ivy and Litter in the Dell (adjacent to the Hare and Hounds Pub) which hopefully will have been turbocharged by the invaluable NHS Mersey Care Horticultural Team, who are hoping to flail most of the site. Consequently, we should be able to gain access to the remaining decades of litter which has been impossible to root out due to the thickness of the ground Ivy. In addition, we may be turning the soil in preparation for laying a new hedge.

We will be meeting at 10:00 hours. Please bring secateurs, lopping shears, saw or axe, but on this occasion mainly garden gloves and litter pickers and spades. In preparation for Stage Two involving future green landscaping and planting to be completed before April.

Please check the events section of our website at www.fomd.co.uk for more info and any changes.

Looking forward to seeing you.

FOMD

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The last session on 27.1.24 was our 13^th consecutive one-hour sessions at the Dell and remarkably we have now collected 91 bin bags of litter, a huge array of debris and 22 (even more not bagged!) agricultural bags of tree and wall damaging Ivy, receiving some wonderful feedback and clearly seeing the difference every time we are there.

Huge thanks to: Joan (G), Graeme, John, Joanne, Joan, Ken (visiting Mayor of Maghull), Diane and Chris. Frank not pictured. Not forgetting Jill who has been making a huge impact during the week).

On this occasion we all focused on clearing a massive amount of the neighbours debris (bricks, roofing slates and felt) and brush cutting vegetation to provide a suitable 40 x 1m border to plant 250 wildlife friendly hedge whips (courtesy of Mersey Forest) and about 20 small fruit bushes (courtesy of Maghull in Bloom) in the near future.

Dell Update: having consulted over three years to provide green improvements, we are now waiting with great anticipation for the imminent feedback from the landscape architect’s planning approval.

Amazing mid-week work by Jill.

The twig and Ivy mountains

Saturdays debris clearance

First Crocus spotted