21st Dec 2020:
The stakes are laid out across the field. All have been colour coded with elastic bands to mark out what goes where. The time has finally come to plant some trees…
First in line is the holly. Everything else came bare rooted, whereas the holly plants came in small plant pots. By planting holly first I was free to plant just a few rather than committing to a whole bundle of 25. As it happens, once I’d begun I couldn’t stop - it was strangely addictive and all 25 holly were planted, the last going in as the light faded.
I’ve started with the minor species - the shrubs and smaller trees using the smaller the stakes. I only have 1000 mulch mats, so 400 shrubs will be taking their chances without the added protection. Planting without mats in the lovely warm and still weather is a fairly quick affair and I already have 125 planted- woohoo :-)
