Twenty-five years ago Gribin Isaf was a green field, identical to the sheep grazing all around. Within a few years, under earlier custodians, it was being developed to grow vegetables and increase diversity – this picture dates from 2000
Many trees were planted and they have transformed the site:
Included in the broad mix of native trees, to get some growth going quickly, were our landmark Eucalyptus and a number of conifers
which now look like this
We have approached any tree removals with caution, but today entrusted the wonderful people from Tree Mendus to remove these two
to open up a new space
One of the few trees at Gribin Isaf that predates that planting is this mature Ash
Through storms of the last few years it had collected a few broken and twisted limbs
So Tree Mendus gave it a bit of a tidy up
So tonight, by the nearly full moon,
when the Starlings assembled to head off to roost
they found a slightly trimmed perch
but hopefully one they will keep going for a few more years
Gribin Isaf 