"Slip slidin’ away, you know the nearer your destination, the more you’re slip slidin’ away" (Paul Simon)
- S.W.A.M.P.
- Aug 19
- 2 min read
S.W.A.M.P. sessions 11th and 18th August 2025
Double-bubble Blog this week, folks, as our pond reaches its lowest water levels we've seen during a particularly long, dry summer.
Where we'd excavated with the digger a few weeks' earlier, we already noticed the dreaded Crassula beginning to take root again. This is where frustration sets in although our team are, if nothing, not determined to 'keep on troshin' and continue with our efforts to rid the pond of the annoying invasive plant.
What little water remains had an eerie, green quality to it, although from the many footprints we found there is still wildlife watering here. We also continue to observe dragon and damsel fly, moorhen activity and plenty of butterflies.
Although this area appears shallow, it is rather deep and incredibly boggy, which makes it particularly hard to mine the Crassula, certainly without waders in the deeper parts.
Monday August 18th 2025
Still no sign of rain so the burning continues together with trying to excavate as much invasive plant-life from the edge of the pond as possible.
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