Spring has definitely arrived. Saturday was warm and sunny, the leaves of the trees are unfurling and green is starting to return, the birds are very vocal and the insects and butterflies were out in force, unfortunately so was the first bracken!
I'm not sure if there is just less cover or really there are mot squirrels around, but after not seeing any until very recently now I am seeing them every week. I saw at least 3 this time around the Yardarm
I had been up after work on Wednesday and moved all the chopped rohdie from the gully behind the yardarm to the fire site so this morning, after feeding the birds, I carried on finishing the clearing of the top section by the cars. It turned out to be a much bigger job than I expected.
I was only there for five hours as I had work travel on Sunday to prepare for but in that time I only managed to clear the rohides that were left from Easter into a huge pile to be split small enough to get to the fire and dig up a good number of stumps. But all the chopping is now done and I can spend some time going back for the stumps over the next couple of months. What a difference to that section in a couple of weeks though, it's difficult to believe so much land was hidden behind the bushes
