3rd May 2021:
The first thing the trees needed in spring was some decent rain, to give them a chance of developing their roots after being planted. So, as we headed into the third week of a beautiful sunny during April we were getting rather concerned.
I picked up some buckets and started watering them by hand. Even though it seemed a little futile, I couldn’t bear to think of the trees I had spent so long planting out not making it through their first spring.
On the fourth day neighbour Panda popped over and handed me a lifeline… He reckoned he could hitch up his 1000l water bowser onto a trailer, then hitch it behind his offroad trike. We reckoned best only half fill it - but it worked! I still needed to bucket the water to the trees, but it meant I could go from 100 trees a day to more like 300. I ended up watering all 1400 trees within the week.
Since then we’ve had some rain. Not enough, but it’s a start… and whether its due my watering on the rain, the trees are perking up once more. Especially the Rowan!
