Spring 2019

Trees are flowering once again in Spring

Today, I went up to the Mound again to continue planting around the Spiral Maze Hedgerow.  Sue came along to help me and we planted more than 30 trees in around an hour.

Thanks to the Woodland Trust, we were given a further 100 trees this winter, 30 of which I planted with Sheila, Sue (W) and Andrew last November.

We put in some silver birch, hazel, cherry and hawthorn.  It was a beautiful Spring day and a pleasure to be outdoors.  We saw a wren, blue tits, a ladybird, bumble bees and also - rather exciting - a pair of stonechats on brambles and sloe.

Female stonechat

The trees I photographed last year have really grown significantly.  Cherries and Goat Willow are in blossom, with Dogwood nearly in flower already.

Pussy Willow Catkins

Wild Cherry with Blossom