Nature Blog by Jenny Bourne

The mistletoe in our old apple tree is now abundantly festooned with pearly white berries, some branches destined for sale at our Christmas Café this Sunday and the rest left for the birds. I haven’t yet seen a mistle thrush foraging in it,

Over the past years RPA volunteers have worked on in several natural ‘green’ resources projects that benefit both plotholders and site biodiversity. Some serve dual functions eg the native deciduous hedge – a visual and physical barrier between the site and Church Grove Passage that also provides food and shelter for wildlife. Here’s a brief summary

A mild, overcast and damp day for Hallowe’en; some of this season’s pumpkins and squashes will be being carved into scary faces, with a (well supervised!) tea light glowing inside for later this evening. Meanwhile I’ve been harvesting the last of the dried beans

A prolonged spell of mild and intermittently very wet weather and it’s still not feeling very autumnal, apart from a bright Hunter’s Moon last week and cobwebs shimmering in early morning light.

Over the past years RPA volunteers have constructed and managed a range of projects that benefit site biodiversity and plotholders alike. One such feature is the native deciduous hedge that runs the length of the south perimeter side, now one of the longest complete hedges of its kind in Surrey.