Rake, rattle and mow
1 GoodGymer made their way to help the Luton Borough Council Parks and Countryside in Luton.
- Monday, 16th of October 2023
- Led by David Mansfield
On a fine sunny Monday morning I joined a mixed volunteer group led by Sam from the Luton Borough Council parks department working at Wigmore Valley Park Orchard. The volunteers are from a variety of backgrounds and community connections, so this made for a very sociable and friendly task.
In short order we'd raked up the mown grass and carted it to a haystack heap. Then after some ground preparation, seed sowing began.
Yellow rattle, an annual wildflower also known as 'Meadow Maker' is hemi-parasitic. It colonises grass roots and draws nutrients and water from them, which reduces the vigour of the grasses and their ability to out compete other wildflower meadow seedlings. They need a couple of months in chilly cold ground to germinate and will be flowering from June to September next year.
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