Hi,
We moved into our new home in July, it comes with an acre of woodland which includes conifers, oak, birch and some apple trees. It was gorgeous in summer, but now we're in autumn I feel we should be doing some maintenance. I just have no idea what?
Apples are being picked every couple of days (plenty of crumble making), and we're piling up the windfalls in one place for the multitude of animals which seem to live there.
The leaves are beginning to drop thick and fast, should I be raking these up regularly, there is grass underfoot, will leaving the leaves damage the grass?
I feel like we've bitten off more than we can chew, I started with the approach that woodland will look after itself, but now I'm worried that we're neglecting our duty somehow.
We also have a small walled garden, but I'm just maintaining that for year 1 until I know what's in the borders every season.
Any advice gratefully recieved!
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VBisme · 13/10/2013 10:17
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