Raking Day on Cowbar!
Thursday October 17th was a great day: over a mile of verge arisings raked along Cowbar Lane and 27 little gorse plants safely in the ground in just one day.…
updates and information on how the Cowbar Lane verges and bund are being managed
Cowbar Verges
Use this link to our page about verges if you would like to find out more. Link: Plantlife Link: …
Seed fund donation to Cowbar Nature
Many thanks to Staithes Arts Festival committee which has made a donation, via our website 'Buy me a coffee' page, to buy extra Yellow Rattle and Coastal Wildflower seeds for…
Cowbar Seed store
For the past couple of months, we have been collecting seeds from the Cowbar bund and cliff top plants to sow along the south verge. Click below to read more about verge management on Cowbar.
The secret life of Cowbar Bund
The bund is a rich green all over in mid-March. Click below to read more about what can be seen on the bund in early spring.
Cowbar Lane bund is looking green!
This time last year the bund was still bare earth but today it is covered in green shoots from a variety of plants which will flower later in the year. Click below to read more about what is already growing.
First flowers of the new year on Cowbar Lane Bund
The first flowers of 2023 have come through on the bund along Cowbar Lane. Click below to find out what they are.
An end of year summary of Cowbar raking and sowing.
In November 2022 we finally finished raking the Cowbar Lane bund free of the arisings from the council’s second September annual mow. Click below to read a summary of what we have done to the grassland and verges this year and to see what to look out for as growing begins in 2023.
Autumn mowing on Cowbar Lane
This week the bund and verges had their annual mowing, by arrangement with the council. Click below to read more about how this fits into long term plans to increase biodiversity on Cowbar.