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Field training
From Hogversity, free learning materials of the Catchment Committee
The Catchment Committee’s field exercises prepare volunteers for conditions met in the field. Each reproduces one lesson of hogweed control in a format familiar from an earlier period of computing, and each is scored the way the field scores a work party: by how long it holds.
Exercises are not a substitute for supervised work parties. No hogweed is harmed in them, and no volunteer is exposed to sap.
- ROOT Knee-Deep in the Weed Five maps, from the village gardens to the source. Volunteers start with a spray bottle, learn why the hoe is not enough, and meet a horde that answers every cut with more heads. The Last Stand stays open for anyone who wants to know how long one person lasts. Begin the exercise →
- S → P → S′ The accumulation drill One seed. Then a plant. Then automation: wind, rivers, lorries, trade. A drill in how a stand grows when nothing stands in its way. Begin the exercise →
- Seedsweeper Soil survey Survey a plot square by square. The numbers tell you how many seeds lie in the soil around you. Dig in the wrong place and the bank sprouts. Begin the exercise →
- Umbel Invaders Airborne seed Row upon row of umbels descends on the allotments. Hold the line from the path with a spray bottle of soapy water. Begin the exercise →
- Who Wants to Pull a Hogweed? Identification, first aid, control Ten questions between you and the top prize, a pair of gloves. Three lifelines, one of them the talk page, which is not always helpful. Begin the exercise →