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We were very sad when our friend and Witley Cider-maker John Steere passed away on 9th July, which was his 87th birthday. We attended his funeral on 12th August, wishing his family our deepest sympathies and will miss John’s enthusiasm, guidance, wit, lively chat, songs and kind nature. John supported and advised COPSE when taking on his Witley orchard plot.  At the end of the month, we had a strim under John Steere’s apple trees, while Misty Moon picked 12 trugs of cider apples. Earlier in August we took Redgate Allotment apples to RHS Wisley, from seven trees for ID.
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In July Gareth went on a scything course at Surrey Wildlife Trust’s Pucks Oak Barn Orchard. COPSE was to cut and collect a meadow area at Parsons Green, Haslemere, using scythes borrowed from the National Trust. Unfortunately, due to time constraints we could not scythe the meadow and had to strim the grass instead! Waverley BC re-planted a resident’s pear tree into the orchard. With the residents, we weeded and watered the apple trees, as well as collected and removed cut grass. Two yellow rattle plants were observed in the meadow, with plans to scarify and seed more in autumn. |
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CategoriesAuthorsGareth is an ecologist interested in conserving traditional orchards and heritage fruit, for people and wildlife. 
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