June 2019 – Tipton's Croft

The Lake timelapse

From April 2018 to June 2019.

It’s full

After only eight months the lake is now full, thanks to the old clay field drains helping to fill it up. It will take time to clear and for the edges to fill with plantlife, but it’s a start.

The Restoration: after

Three years later and the wildflower meadow is taking shape, with successful growth of native seeds that we planted the previous autumn.

Water!

It might not look like much but gushing out of the pipe is water from our new borehole. We now have an unlimited supply of free cool crystal clear fresh water!

What a difference eight months makes

Some spoil from the lake used to landscape a low hill at end end of the field. Seeded with a mixture of native English wildflowers and grasses, it has now blended in seamlessly with its surroundings.

Water, mud, meadow

We used some of the spoil from the lake to improve the drainage at one end of the field, with a new ditch and wildflower meadow seeding. Here’s before, during and after.