Tree and Hedge Planting

(History being processed from past to present – got to May 18 2022)

2022 – April 1st – Fillers for tree planting

Some of the original young trees had been nipped off by rabbits. These whips filled in the spaces. They came from The Dingle and at the moment can’t remember exactly what species they were!

2020 – March 18th – Beech hedging on Lane

Thickened hedge along lane above gate with both copper and green beech.

More added on December 12th.

2020 – March – Tree and Hedge whips – New Forest and bottom hedges.

We bought 500 whips from The Woodland Trust:

Blackthorn – 108
Crab Apple – 47
Dog Rose – 33
Elder – 17
Goat Willow – 30
Field maple (Acer campestre) – 60
Hawthorne – 105
Hazel – 48
Holly (Ilex aquifolium) – 60
Rowan – 62,
Sessile oak – 15
Silver birch – 15
Yew (Taxus baccata) – 60

Trees were planted in a belt along the North side of the bottom field and hedging was used all down the North side and around the South-East corner area. The planting was done by Geronimo and was a very wet March so there were not many pictures.

2019 – April 28th – Yew Hedge

The Yew plants arrived from Dingle Nursery for the hedge round the orchard

First plants in the ground by mid-May

Another section in during August

Last section finished in March 2020!

2018 – February 15th – Crataegus laevigata – Muriel’s Scarlet

The Red Hawthorn for Muriel

2017 – June 8th – Zenith cordon Cherry

We bought this Cherry at the Smallholders Festival at the Royal Welsh sShow Ground to but in the new polytunnel.

Here it is in April 2018

and by June that year…

And in April 2020

2017 – May 18th – Flowering Cherry

We planted this Sekura Flowering Cherry in memory of the Grange Crescent Road ones which were destroyed after we left

In April 2021:

2017 – May 17th – Lake Conifers

These three conifers were bought to plant behind the newly made Lake

2016 – June 1st – Tree Nursery

For a time we moved self-sown trees to one of the vegetable beds pending planting in final location. We came to regret this as by the time we got round to moving them they were very large. Plus, they monopolised one of the vegetable beds. We now keep them confined to pots.