On the last day of January, members of the Witham Tree Group gathered for out first planting session of the year. We have three trees to be planted this morning, and these are ready and loaded onto the tree transporter trailer together with posts and guards.
Two of the trees have been sponsored by Tree Group members – a Red Oak and a Purple Beech – whereas the final tree – an English Oak – has come from the tree planting budget of Witham Town Council.
Despite the frosty weather, we warm up digging the holes for the two sponsored trees and then manage a coffee break, before moving off to Bramble Road for the planting of the Oak. This is a replacement for one we planted last year but that did not survive the hot dry weather. Fortunately this was the only tree death from last year’s planting, though we did increase our tree watering significantly because of this loss. Having removed the cage and dead tree, we were able to plant the new Oak in the old planting hole with posts and watering tube intact.
More planting sessions are planned for February and March as we have over 20 trees to go.
Eric Teverson
1st February 2019
