Before and after

This morning, we, together with three friends, did some scything, bramble bashing, pruning and general tidying up of our local wildlife area. I cleared  our two small water features of a tangle of vegetation which had engulfed them, and refilled them with water. 
Our wildflower meadow still has some interesting flowering plants so that is being left until late August or September. 
Our two Mirabelle Plum trees have lots of fruit for the birds and squirrels ( and people!) this year.
There were a couple of rain showers while we worked but still not nearly enough rain to be useful.