They have arrived.
At around 8.30am this morning the lorry arrived from Barcham’s nursery in Ely with our trees to be planted this year. As usual, the trees are always bigger than I remember, even the shortest being over 12ft tall. The trees have been grown in white fabric bags for the last year or so in order that the roots develop a fibrous structure and avoid them being coiled around as often happens in solid pots. This should give better root development after planting. The root balls were well watered, which, while being good for the trees, makes shifting them off a lorry a two person job as they become quite heavy.
All 20 plus trees are now tied securely in storage while they wait to be planted out in Witham.
Posts and mesh are on order from a supplier on the Witham industrial estate, so Witham Tree Group planting is really underway for 2019. Just the holes to dig, posts and guards to sort…
Eric Teverson
17 January 2019
