A few group members met with Edward Tollemache to plant trees to extend the pasture with trees on the Helmingham Hall parkland. Supervised by Glenn and Jeannie, we planted just over 50 trees, mostly oak but also a few sweet chestnut. All grown from seed collected locally by the Framsden tree wardens, hence the first stage of prising the trees out of the seedbed.
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| The deer came to see what we were doing but moved away once they found out there was no food. |
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| The holes were pre-dug so we were shown how to plant the tree and then place hessian mats to suppress the weeds. |
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| Digging out the saplings from the growing medium, good root systems! |
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| Planting the tree, hessian mats and tree guards added after. |
Extra protection is needed because of the deer. Each tree has a cactus guard which is held in place by 2 stakes and then attached to the stakes with staples otherwise the deer use their antlers to lift them off!
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| We got a really efficient system of putting the stakes and guards together and then pushing the stakes in with the telehandler. |
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| Finished! |
About 3 hours and 50 trees later on a rough terrain felt like a good morning's workout!
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