Huge thanks once again to Paul Richards (local community award-winning tree surgeon) who kindly supplied another load of woodchip (7.8.24) and to some our Friends of Maghull & District (FOMD) volunteers who got drenched on Saturday spreading the woodchip, watering plants in our holding area, and removing weeds in the south slope of our huge Rowlands Dell Project.

In addition, thank you to Jill and Frank (5.8.24) for litter picking three more binbags from the West area, lawn mowing and removing returning bramble stumps and dominant weeds from the North Slope and watering the donated plants and trees.

The continued spreading of woodchip has been a godsend as it is replacing humus, temporarily suppressing dominant weeds prior to the imminent landscaping and woodland repopulating. Thank you to Colin for his kind and generous free super fresh and tasty supply of allotment grown fruit and veg (pictured). Unbelievably, in 41 consecutive one hour Saturday sessions this was the first time it has rained on us, so a special thanks for all the hard work despite the rain! On a positive, the Dell looked stunningly lush.

Next Up – Can you spare one hour, without any commitment, on Saturday (17.8.24) meeting at 10.00 in the Dell (adjacent to the Hare & Hounds Pub). This beautiful haven for wildlife has been treated as an open tip for decades, where every inch is revealing a variety of pollutants harmful to wildlife. We hope to remove all the debris this summer and commence a huge programme of planting and rewilding in Autumn, that will be healthy for wildlife and humans, whilst ultimately preventing building on yet another perceived neglected green space.

Main Tasks.

• We will continue raking out the huge amounts of harmful to wildlife debris that has accumulated from over 30 years of sad neglect (eg vegetation, rubble and litter), down the final part of the north slope and continuing along the worst west section.

Equipment. All you will need are:

• Sturdy boots, garden gloves (essentials)
• Ground ivy and debris removal: please bring litter picker, garden fork, rigid soil rake (essential) not a lawn rake, to remove some of the embedded litter.
• If you are interested in helping to remove the ground Ivy to enable us to access the debris beneath, please bring a brush cutter/strimmer, protective glasses.

Pictured: (1) FOMD volunteers: Diane (H), Diane, Rob, Christina (pictured) and Colin & Frank (not pictured). (2) Richards Tree Surgeons: Paul (rear) and sons Harry and Joe.

Overall, our one-hour sessions over the last 41 consecutive weeks have resulted in collecting 243 bin bags of litter, a huge and shameful array of polluting debris and tons of tree and wall damaging Ivy, with multiple trips to the recycling centre.

We have received some wonderful feedback and are clearly seeing the difference every time we are there.

Thank you once again for your generous support of our group, you really are amazing and making such a massive difference to our community at so many levels.

Looking forward to seeing you.

Friends of Maghull & District (FOMD)

Together Making Maghull a better place to live.

More information and for any last-minute changes please check ‘Events’ at: www.fomd.co.uk

Contact: admin@fomd.co.uk

RICHARDS TREE SERVICES CONTACT INFORMATION

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https://richardstreeservicesnorthwest.co.uk

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