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Chris secures a rope to the Damson sucker |
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Pulling hard! |
Stone wall building continued today by Chris Genever and it's looking
FAB! He even planted odd Violet, Thyme and Alchemilla Mollis seedlings between the stones as he went. Simultaneously; serious work on the 'Aspen grove' commenced by the other Chris. An earlier decision had been made to remove the relics from the orchard border ie. a big old damson sucker (more light for the 3 silver birches), a Lonicera and a Mahonia etc to make room for a grove of Aspens (Populus Tremuloides).
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But it actually took both Chris's to pull it down |
Having seen so many quivering Aspens on our travels, we thought we could have some of our very. Hopes Grove Nurseries in Kent came up trumps and delivered 8 x 6 foot trees today (one for Chris builder) and seven for us.
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This is the look we're aiming for but with only 7 trees! |
All this going on AND stone wall building! Felling the damson meant logging, lugging and stacking as well as sorting and moving rubble, soil and stone.
When it was too dark to see any more, we all called it a day. Luckily, with the oil tank now filled again, the boilers relieved of their air locks (MAJOR oversight by Total Butler - ahem!) and the Aga re-lit it was nice to come in to a warm kitchen at the end of a very busy and cold day - yawn.
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