Sunday 24 April 2011

My restless leg kicked me out of bed...

I'll do a bit of this till the problem subsides. Looking forward to daybreak. Seven or eight silver birch seedlings to transplant. They were rescued from a patch of degraded land that regularly gets used as a car park, subjected to occasional mowing. Some will get planted in the haie at the top of the field and some in the hedge at the yard entrance. They are the scrubby type that take well to being coppiced if enough time is allowed. A source of fagots to make besoms.Tapped like maple trees the sap can be used to make wine. I will get a photo of a few of the little darlings tomorrow.They are pioneer trees. Graceful and elegant in their form and habit. Sez it all really they'll fit in well here.

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