Covercrops are an important part of the shoot and seem to be growing well, though sometimes it feels like a race between the crop and the weeds as to which will grow the quickest. Fertiliser prices are at an all-time high and we are trying not to use any, but since we are not spraying chemicals the weeds seem stronger than ever. Sitting in the high seats, we are seeing a lot of deer feeding on the covercrops, but I am hoping they are eating more weeds than crops.
We have a lot of hoppers out to feed the birds throughout the season, and they are all in various states of disrepair. On the last shoot work party, we started gathering them in so we could get them fixed up and filled