2025.09.21 Kemerton raking off meadows
On a beautiful sunny day 5 of us gathered at a site on the Kemerton estate to carry out several tasks of raking up cut sedge/reed to form habitat piles, raking up and carrying off hay from a wildflower meadow to remove nutrients, and cutting Typha reeds to prevent spread.
What previously used to be boggy marshland where the Typha reeds flourished the area was very dry but equally challenging with uneven ground and varying heights of vegetation cutting when clearing the meadow. What appeared to be a small task on the raking front transpired to be a full mornings work for us all and resulted in multiple very large hay and sedge habitat piles.
After a lunch stop by one of the lovely lakes we took on the task of pulling and cutting the Typha reeds, again a more demanding job than imagined but we managed to achieve a large area of this and finished the day satisfied with a good job done.
A few photos of before and after, although sadly difficult to see much difference but the habitat piles are evidence.
