Today we travelled to Birk Crags on the outskirts of Harrogate to help Forest of Bradford with an ambitious planting scheme.
With a total of 8,000 trees to be planted in several fields we were able to make a contribution to an area of oak, downy birch and alder that was flanked by willow and hazel. There were still a few to plant when we left! All the trees needed deer guards, which adds extra work, but we like FoB’s new deer guard post driver that made the job easy.
In the afternoon the wind picked up as a reminder it is still mid-March. It was a longer drive home than our regular Fridays, and with fish and chip shops at nearly every junction I thought I was going to lose passengers to the temptation on several occasions.
Today we were a group of 12.
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