Thursday seems to be our preferred day of the week for tree planting. We tend to plant in February and March when tree roots are dormant and water during the drier months. Fortunately Eric has a trailer, bowser and capacity to store trees, otherwise none of this would be possible. Not bad for a retired GP.
Last Thursday 21 February, Eric, Allan, Barry, Richard, Jane and Graham set out to plant maples; Acer Campestre William Caldwell in Tees Close, Acer Ginnala and hornbean Carpinus Betulus Frans Fontaine in Deben Close and a fourth maple Acer Campestre Lienco on Spa Road (three had been planted the previous week).
The day was sunny, cloudy and cool, perfect conditions for working outdoors. Tree planting can be heavy work what with digging out the soil, driving in the posts and transporting 12ft trees. But with six of us and three locations we achieved planting our four trees within a couple of hours. Once we had finished we gathered around Barry’s car for a well earned coffee and biscuits (thanks to Barry’s wife Jean).
We shall be out again next Thursday, as we still have 15+ trees to plant that are all currently stored at Eric’s!.
Jane Noble
February 2019
