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| Near, and far away. |
A herculean effort today with the last 550 plants put in at Old Mount Road.
We were; Tanya, Kayleigh Dianne, Philip, Ben, Philip, Dave, Geoff, Stephen, Adrian, Paul, Jack, Tol and Andy.
Weather was variable, very variable.
Well done all. Just one more Saturday to go.
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| Tea break, during a break in the rain. |
Spent a good two hours in the cellar this morning creating mesh guards from cut sections of roll.
Myself, Dave and Tanya went to Crimble Clough and reclaimed several hundred stakes for future use. Still quite a few in the field.
Then I came home and cut 100 mesh guards from a big roll.
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| Geoff striding purposefully |
Old Mount Road, Marsden. Starting a long mixed hedgerow. We were; myself, Dave, Philip, Dianne, Philip, Michael, Jon, Hap, and Ben. We put in 500 plants - 350 hawthorn, 50 hazel, 50 blackthorn, 25 guelder, 25 dog rose.
Snow lay round about.
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| Hap becomes one with a tree. |
Back at Wilberlee this morning, working on two lengths of hedging.
We were in two groups; myself, Dianne, Philip, Ben, Kayleigh, Steve, Jess, and Jim - and down the road a bit were Philip, Geoff, Dave, Hap and Michael.
One team planted 225 hawthorn, 75 blackthorn and 5 each of crab apple, hazel, field maple and dog rose.
The other planted 225 hawthorn, 50 blackthorn, and 10 each of crab apple, hazel, field maple and dog rose.
Lots of high vis was worn due to working next to a relatively busy lane.
Hap's cake was outstanding slabs of marbled chocolate sponge.
PS One stretch needs approx another 50 hawthorn stuck in there. Which could be done solo one weekday?
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| Right to left, Cath, Tanya, Hap |
150 hawthorn and 30 dog rose - plus previously 15 scots pine, 50 white oak, and 45 hazel.
Well done folks.