Madness

What kind of lunatic does this on a Saturday morning? Assaulted by heavy rain and sleet from above, and mud and water from below.

Our stoic and heroic crew were: Sophie, Michael, myself, Philip, Dave, Geoff, Hap, Stephen, Laura, Kayleigh, Oscar, Steve, Darren, Jared, Alastair, Cath, Peter, Duncan, Matthew, Julia, and Remy.

We planted 150 downy birch, 25 wild cherry, 25 bird cherry, 35 rowan, 15 crab apple, 15 hazel, 65 sessile oak and 50 scots pine. Which was quite an achievement in the prevailing conditions.

https://youtu.be/6sar3Ew9ZXQ

Yes we can

Back in Marsden to finish planting at this site. Snowed again. Seems to snow every Saturday.

We were: Kayleigh, Jo, Sophie, Cath, Hap, Philip, myself, Paul, Kayleigh, Oscar, Jared, Alastair, Julia, Matthew, Peter, John H., Stephen, Jon, Tessie, Steve, and our host Yogi.

We planted a pretty epic 115 sessile oak, 100 downy birch, 60 rowan, 25 bird cherry, 50 wild cherry, and 25 aspen. And left 25 dogwood behind for later planting.

Hard work. But done.

https://youtu.be/H_SuyOLW_f0

White riot

Sophie and Jo enjoying the weather

Snow!

Another Saturday of two halves.

Some of us were at Marsden planting 100 Hawthorn, 100 Blackthorn, and 50 Scots Pine. We were: myself, Matthew, Kayleigh, Sophie, Joe, Tom, Oscar, Remy, Dave, Tanya, Michael, Jake, Kayleigh, Jon and Tessie, Paul, Peter, Julia, Alastair and Jared

Others were at Meltham planting 50 Sessile Oak, 100 hawthorn, 50 dog rose, 15 blackthorn, 15 crab apple, 15 hazel H They were:Philip, Stephen, Ben, Hap, John H., Darren, Cath and Geoff.

An old punk song. A cryptic clue for fun in the snow?

https://youtu.be/IvG3is7Bm1w

Sunday morning

Back to Meltham. And on a Sunday, a decision made based on how long it would take all the ice to melt.

We planted a further 30 sessile oak, 75 pedunculate oak, 50 scots pine, 15 crab apple 15 hazel, 50 common alder, 15 goat willow and 15 grey willow.

We were: myself, Hap, Philip, Stephen, Remy, Murray, Kayleigh, Jon and Tessie, Dave, Peter, John H., Sophie, Steve, and Ben. Plus our hosts Heath, Harry and Sam.

We need to return to plant a short length of hedge and 50 remaining pedunculate oak.

No photo this week, I was busy making up mesh guards for the pines.

And there is only one song for a Sunday morning...

https://youtu.be/Xhbyj8pqUao