Spears Woods Saturday January 25
Saturday was a volunteer day as well as an Atrium Landscape tree-thinning day, also augmented by the presence of the FPCC Palos crew, so we had three distinct worksites going and a flurry of activity. Volunteers were positioned in the middle, along the Yellow Trail near Hogwash Slough. Atrium to our south (after they finished some of our volunteers began lighting the log piles, which went up readily - it's all about the fuel). The Forest Preserves crew was to our north.
We cut and burned, primarily honeysuckle and multi-flora rose with some larger logs mixed in with three volunteers chainsawyers on site. A sparkling blue sky and moderating temps made it a delightful day to play in the woods, and play we did.
Swallow Cliff Woods Sunday January 26
Sunday we had another great volunteer group, and were graced once again by the FPCC Palos crew. First-time Palos volunteer came at the invitation of her uncle Dan, another sparkling example of the "family plan"! Volunteers took one thicket of honeysuckle, the crew took a second, and by noon we had a lovely stretch of open woodland along the trail where we've been the last two workdays.
The small amount of snow we've had in January isn't enough for cross-country skiing, though it was adequate to ease pulling a sled load of tools in to the site. Thanks, Tom for doing that!
Saturday was a volunteer day as well as an Atrium Landscape tree-thinning day, also augmented by the presence of the FPCC Palos crew, so we had three distinct worksites going and a flurry of activity. Volunteers were positioned in the middle, along the Yellow Trail near Hogwash Slough. Atrium to our south (after they finished some of our volunteers began lighting the log piles, which went up readily - it's all about the fuel). The Forest Preserves crew was to our north.
We cut and burned, primarily honeysuckle and multi-flora rose with some larger logs mixed in with three volunteers chainsawyers on site. A sparkling blue sky and moderating temps made it a delightful day to play in the woods, and play we did.
Swallow Cliff Woods Sunday January 26
Sunday we had another great volunteer group, and were graced once again by the FPCC Palos crew. First-time Palos volunteer came at the invitation of her uncle Dan, another sparkling example of the "family plan"! Volunteers took one thicket of honeysuckle, the crew took a second, and by noon we had a lovely stretch of open woodland along the trail where we've been the last two workdays.
The small amount of snow we've had in January isn't enough for cross-country skiing, though it was adequate to ease pulling a sled load of tools in to the site. Thanks, Tom for doing that!
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