The mound of earth behind the Sports Centre has been cleared and levelled by the generous efforts of Roger Hill, a nearby farmer. This will make tree-planting and management of the area much easier to manage by volunteers.
The rowan and silver birches have survived the wet winter and most of them have buds ready to burst soon.
On the down side, the trees planted on the mound in December 2012 are in poor shape - as they have been sharing space with sheep which knock over the tree guards - some of them have been nibbled off.
Our next step is to erect a fence around this area to protect it from sheep. It seems this is a necessary expense in order to ensure the safety of our future tree planting.
More news soon on when the tree-planting can go ahead.
