The First of the Trees Arrive

23/03/2009 by nigel.

So the beech and silver birch trees arrive… Its been raining and the ground is soggy and sticky but I need to get out there and plant them as they have been in transit for a couple of days and I need to get the roots back into the ground.. So home from work… a quick cuppa and off we go..

An couple of hours later and the beech hedge is in along with the silver birch.

As the plan is to create an enclose secluded wildlife area the the sides and the end of the garden needed hedges too. So for the end of the garden I decided on a willow hedge this comprised of 20 plants 4-5 ft tall and for the sides a wildlife mix that consisted of privet, willow, dogrose,maple and walnut, these were all around 3-4ft tall and totalled to 33 plants.
I ordered these and again I then had a couple of days rain or shine to get out the back and dig the trenches..

A couple of days later the plants arrived… Some hours later and all of the plants were in..

Ok it looks like a lot of twigs at the moment but a couple of years down the line and hopefully the desired effect should be achieved.

The running total cost so far is £182.83 including postage costs and some hard graft..

Next ACAP Phase two.. A Wildlife Pond..

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