For garden machinery service and repair contact Alistair at Lowermill Busby(Behind the Garage) on 07818 432300.
The "Planned Works sub com" has met and listed all the jobs that require done this season. We have planned some indoor work(boathouse and boats) for early in the season and produced a flexible and prioritised schedule for the outdoor jobs. I'll details these at a later date.
Firstly, I must thank all those "beavers" who gave up the Tuesday evenings throughout the season to do the tasks that needed done. We did not manage to examine the stiles and this will be carried forward to the 2011 season. However, at the river we planted willow whips, cut back trees, rebuilt groynes, cleared rubbish and at the Pilmuir, we overhauled the boats, repaired the boathouse base (at the slipway), painted the fence, cut the grass on the dam wall, floated barley straw, cut and hauled the pondweed. Although we achieved much there was still so much to do, especially on the river - this we hope to rectify in 2011.
With just under 10 weeks to the start of the new season it's time to start planning what works we are going to carry out. One thing we need to do is a an examination of the stiles to identify those that need remedial work, we also need, for record purposes, to number the stiles. The usual repairing of groynes will also need to be done and consideration given to picking up the work we had planned for the Earn. Over and above this we have to consider the river banks and also what is required on the Pilmuir reservoir. Also, due to the inclement weather some of the winter work has not taken place and will need to be done asap - this puts a great strain on the beavers as we have limited resources. The beavers number around 8 members with a normal attendance of 4/5 each week so even 3/4 new beavers could push us up to 6/7 in attendance - we could achieve so much more. Keep checking here for the planned works for 2010.
Due to other work taking priority we did not manage to work on the Earn apart from a number of willow whips being planted - done in January. The priority work was on the Cart (Jan & Apr - Jun) and the Pilmuir (Jun - Sept)and I must congratulate the beavers on the amount of work they did. On the Cart; willow whips planted(Jan), groynes were rebuilt and a few new ones provided, rubbish cleared from the river/riverbanks, trees and bushes trimmed and bankside grass cut. On the Pilmuir; Dam wall grass strimmed, bushes trimmed, feeder burn cleared of growth and work done on the boathouse and boats. Still plenty to do and a few more bodies would allow the beavers to achieve even more. With the New Year looming perhaps working with the beavers might be a good resolution to make.
Planned Works for the Earn - Season 2009 Due to the club acquiring the Pilmuir Reservoir the planned work for the Earn has been postponed until a later date..
Earn Water 2009(ppt)Planned Works for Season 2008.
Works 2008(pdf)All the planned work except for the stile work and chicken wire has been completed. The stile work has been put back to out of season and we have decided against using chicken wire.
