The Meadow Makers' Network Forum

Morning everyone We just wanted to say a big thank you to everyone who voted for us in the Devon Local Nature Partnership awards. The awards were given out last night and here’s a picture of Donna collecting the Moor Meadows award for a community group. But the award isn’t just for the group itself ...

Take a look at the resources page on the Moor Meadows website, there is a contractor there in Cornwall that should be able to help:
https://moormeadows.org.uk/information/ ... ntractors/

I have just written to our MP (Mel Stride) telling him how horrified I am and that should the government continue with this environmental deregulation I will be moving my vote elsewhere. Will be interesting to see if he replies. SAs Robin mentioned, I didn't cut and paste a standard letter but inste...

There is another app you can use called Seek. Its free and seems pretty good.

Another interesting reply via the Moor Meadows Exchange: "Further thoughts and comments - I hope they are useful. - Weed-suppressing fabric is best avoided if possible - non-reusable plastic by another name, and a hassle to get rid of. - A year to reduce fertility seems likely to be optimistic ...

Another comment just in: Nettles are great for some caterpillars and make super soup

Someone a while back asked for before and after photos of meadows. With that in mind, I’ve written a blog piece about the first year of our community meadow at Moorhaven on the southern edge of Dartmoor. https://devonhedgerow.wordpress.com/2022/01/04/the-first-year/ I’ve tried to explain some of our...

A very interesting conversation has just taken place on the Moor Meadows email exchange and I thought it would be helpful to post it here on the forum for those of you who aren’t in the email exchange. The question was as follows: “I have just cleared a small area (10m x 6m) of nettles and hemlock (...

I think it was a tool from Lazy dog, see https://lazydogtools.co.uk/pulling-docks-using-lazy-dog/. As you say quite expensive & I haven't tried one so don't know how good they are. Our meadows were getting too much Hogweed and we did it the old fashioned way using a fork to dig out the tubers. T...

The below was recently posted through the Moor Meadows email exchange & I thought might be of interest to the Forum members: "We have had a long term problem with bracken on some 20 acres of species rich pasture and annual cutting in July with a flail or topper is the only practical solutio...