Chameleon

Geoff striding purposefully

Back to Old Mount Road. We were; myself, Geoff, Dave, Tanya, Philip, Jess, Michael, Bill, Margaret, Stephen, Steve, Dianne, Philip, Jack, and Paul.

We planted 350 hawthorn, 25 elder, 25 dog rose, 50 guelder, and 25 blackthorn.

Quite a long mornings work, but ultimately satisfying.

Jess saved my bacon with a bottle of water, it was warm work running around on that hillside,  and I was unprepared.

 https://youtu.be/WYRrIBqKsJ4

No song connection this week. Just good music.

Away from the numbers

 

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.

https://youtu.be/i99IUU5A6so

All down the line

Hap becomes one with a tree.

Myself, Cath, Dave, Tanya and Hap went and did some preparatory turf removal at Old Mount Road. Ready for a long line of hundreds of new hedge plants.

https://youtu.be/5GUV9dUpa-k

Just another day

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.

https://youtu.be/YkGY5EzA-h4

PS One stretch needs approx another 50 hawthorn stuck in there. Which could be done solo one weekday?