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| Ben tries to recharge by sitting under power lines. |
| Myself, Dave, Stephen, Ben and Paul were at Clark Hill giving a struggling hedge some tlc. 45 new plants were added, and many more were straightened, weeded, re-guarded. |
https://youtu.be/DbTG9YTbdc0?si=fo2ytbrFcZJUrJZp
Meanwhile...
Jess, Peter, Dan and Tanya completed the final 10m of the hedge planted earlier this season Crowther Laithe, Marden with some 40 plants (25 blackthorn, 15 hawthorn, 1 elm, 2 hazel), whilst I (Geoff) straightened and replaced guards and stakes from the contiguous hedge section done last year.
After break, Geoff, Jess, Dan and Tanya went up to the top hedge section of the Crowther Laithe plantings of 24/25 season to beat up some trees that died in last year's drought (10 hazel, 6 birch) and replace a fair few of the canes and spirals with hare guards and do general required maintenance on the rest due to severe weather battering the site had taken in the winter.
The major majority of plants from both sections are growing well, and the site now looks quite ship-shape. We finished the work just after 1.00pm. Nice photo from top section attached.
Meanwhile also...
Philip, Jonathan, Tarun and Andrew planted some 40 trees (25 oak, 10 rowan, 2 silver birch) on adjacent land with a different owner, slightly down the hill from Crowther Laithe
