Soup & Trees

We've had an amazing few days planting trees with 51 people 2 dogs and 1 field mouse. Long days preparing breakfasts, planting trees, guarding, staking, cooking soup and eating cakes made by kind friends and family. We ate a circus pig, cooked hot-dogs and had home-made apple crumble. I think everyone enjoyed catching up with old friends and getting to know new friends while sharing food and writing messages for loved ones on tree guards leaving all feeling tired but certainly fulfilled and perhaps a bit emotional.

Joe with Mouse

Tree Planting Plan

Despite some minor distractions like having to fix the pipework on the caravan so that our top team of planters could stay in it over the weekend, the driving rain on Saturday and the four wheel drive Delica requiring rescuing  from a boggy part of the field... I think we're through the worst of it. It's taken four solid days of planting, which isn't too bad when you see just how much of a difference it has made to the field.

Admiring the hard work in the field

We want to thank everyone who has come to visit and help at any stage. The field has come alive with a swathe of green tree guards, it will be fascinating watching the field change shape and eventually become a woodland. Anyone who has helped is more than welcome to come back and visit to see the changes through the years.

Lots of trees...

This is what 2000+ trees looks like