Dear All,
We need to make progress on preparing the location for the Queen’s Birthday Tree in the churchyard. Graham and Philip Nichols have kindly pulled out the stumps and roots of previous trees at the location using JCB digger, so that the task is off to a flying start. The following approach is suggested:
- It is not practical for more than 2 to work at once without getting in each other’s way.
- The work is hard physically so, it is suggested that short shifts are done to avoid back strains etc.
- We need to lift out the ground over a patch over 1 metre square, down to 1 metre deep and then later fill it with a mixture of imported lime free soil, manure and the selected best of the existing soil.
- I will lay out a sheet of plastic onto which the excavated material can be laid out and sorted, together with some plastic buckets into which stones and rocks can be placed for transport to the tip. Vegetable material which can later be burned on a bonfire should be taken and dumped near the mower shed. There will be a wheel barrow there for the latter.
- Any potentially significant artefacts found should be placed to one side.
If you can assist in any way along these lines it would be greatly appreciated. Better ideas will be welcome.
Regards, Harry Tubbs.