Amanda and I had made a start with marking and clearing turf on Wednesday so when we arrived on Thursday we able to get straight on with planting by the first gate.
We were joined today by a group from Prince's Trust at Shipley College. They took on, and completed, the shrubby edge along the fence line. This was the first time any of the young people had planted trees, some took to it more readily, but all enjoyed it to an extent.
We added Lime to our mix this week. And had several chats with walkers passing by. The footpath is definitely more popular now spring is here. T-shirts this week.
By Friday we were ready to extend our planting into the enclosure alongside the working quarry, filling in gaps from previous planting efforts. Our total by the end of the day was 3,491. I took a walk over the whole site to assess what space we had left and concluded that there really isn’t room to reach our target of 4000 so we have agreed a reduced number to suit the space available.
We will complete the planting next Friday.