Since finishing for the Christmas break and with the help of lots of friends & family, I have been planting 600 trees and shrubs in a field close to home. Some of the trees have gone into an area containing an old hedgerow which needed thinning out and removing dead wood which was a bigger job than expected and then we placed a colour coded cane for each of the new trees. On the weekend before Christmas the gang joined us for the planting and the full 600 were in the ground by the end of Saturday. On Sunday we placed plastic mulch mats around the trees on the lower area which is susceptible to flooding and we have used wood chippings for those on higher ground. I'm looking forward to seeing the trees establish themselves and the planted areas develop over time and will include photos on the blog over the coming months.
