Today was a good day. When is a day standing in a muddy field in the pouring rain not a good day? Well, today … I got in the zone!
I only found out on Saturday that Lisa had half-term this week and I would be able to get on with the trees [...]
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By getting up on the hill by sunrise, Lisa and I mananged to get 120 trees planted before we decided to retreat from the snow and get home while we could! That’s 2720 so far, 3280 to go. [...] After much paper work, book learning, investigations, converstations and “OMG, what am I taking on here!” Lisa and I are on the verge of planting up Bryn Helyg Coed! I’ve just finished the planting plan: Bryn Helyg Tree Planting Plan 6000 native broadleaves planted over 10 acres of SW facing welsh hillside. I’ve [...] Summer is coming on afoot now and it looks like we’re in for another warm spring – hopefully not the wet summer’s we’ve been having the last couple of years. So what have we been up to – agriculturally? Garlic – The garlic is coming up nicely in the “graves” we built up at [...] Weather: A nice mix of weather up there at the moment. It’s gone back to more normal sunshine and showers, quite close though. Willow: The willow is coming on well; some shoots are up to two feet long now. The solar molar – or whatever – is still keeping the rabbits off the willow [...] Another clear, warm day, chilly at night though. I was up bright and early this morning and when I wondered down to the willow plots with my first cup of tea there were the rabbits, gamboling in the morning dew! Now where is my air-rifle. To be honest they weren’t in the willow but [...] I’ve seen my first snapes (the emerging flower stalks from the garlic)! Now we have to make the contentious decision about whether to pull them off or not: delicious they may be, or will it shock the garlic too much. The self-seeded garlic was the first, but the rounds we planted weren’t far behind. [...] Lisa’s birthday today so not much work done, just a few drinks around the first fire of the year. There was an amazing, almost full moon that came up about 1am, to see us off to bed. |
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