Orchard - Tree Planting 17th December

As regular readers of the news section, and from a view of the Allotment site on entry will attest, the Orchard Project gathered pace during October, to the point where we are ready to plant the trees. 40 dwarfing stock fruit trees will be delivered to us early morning on the 17th, and we are therefore holding a tree planting day so that we can get the stock in the ground straight away to provide the best possible chances of these trees flourishing.

Peter Hunnable has offered to provide guidance in terms of exactly what we need to do at the planting stage, and we are expecting an additional load of manure to be delivered specifically for this project. There is already a load of chippings on site to surround the base of the trees.

Similar to the Orchard dig, refreshments and potentially doughnuts (as they seemed to go down very well) will be available. Whilst we appreciate the day is rather close to Christmas, and all of us have busy schedules, there is only so much pre Christmas spirit and shopping that we can endure, and look forward to seeing anyone who would be willing to volunteer on the morning to assist. we are expecting to start around 1000 - 1030, and hoping to be complete by 1400.

Thanks in advance