The Government "blueprint" released today - January 2023 - called The Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP) 2023 includes: Creating and restoring at least 2,000 square miles of new wildlife habitats Ensuring everyone in England lives within a 15-minute walk of woodlands, wetlands, parks and rivers It covers how government will: Create and restore at least 500,000… Continue reading Government Blue Print supports Holton Pits campaign
Category: 2023
Coppice 2023
A week after the PM, it is such a pleasure to be in the wood for a day. Just Paul Jim and I, with Jo unexpectedly joining us for a while. I was slow, but we almost reached the northern boundary. Too many large dead ask, birch, and elm and large old coppice maple to… Continue reading Coppice 2023
The Holton Heritage
Thanks to Cheryl and the detectorists, here is a catalogue of what people found on one days dig across the land adjacent to Holton Pits. So much evidence of Roman, through to Tudor. Unsurprisingly a few WWW2 tags were found, identified immediately, and where possible returned to their American family. There were plenty of hammered… Continue reading The Holton Heritage
Planting more hedge
Our second Warm Room Thursday, found us planting the last of the hedge, after finding the bare root saplings I'd forgotten I'd healed into the field. Only the oaks had been nibbled, a lesson to learn. Sam, who was once locked down in the wood and is now an activist for Stop Oil, joined us… Continue reading Planting more hedge
Food and land
When the dig came to Holton land
It started with our last day of the year walk around Holton Pits, when Nat invited a Detectorist, Nick, to join us. He introduced me to Cheryl, who once contacted, inspired confidence and sorted. She arranged for a group dig of the land, mine and Alans (with his permission) on Wednesday for Sunday. Total would… Continue reading When the dig came to Holton land
Jan – First Planting of a hedge
The historic first planting on the land. A hedge of hawthorn, maple, hazel, wild cherry, and hornbeam . Totally unexpected as it was a Warm Room day in the cabin - but all who turned up fancied planting a hedge. Chris rocked up - he thought he'd surprise me and he did. (He almost didn't… Continue reading Jan – First Planting of a hedge
Double Patard found on land
Nick Welsh, who came on our Pits walk at the invitation of Nat Bocking, found this double Patard. Here's how Nat describes it: It's a fragment of a double patard of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, Count of Flanders (1467 – 1477). It was minted in 1467 – 1474. Silver double patards of the… Continue reading Double Patard found on land
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