Last task of the year.
Spades at the ready!
Yes - that's right. This week saw the NCVs working on the very last task of 2025. All they needed to do was finish planting the hedge above Summerbridge. If you remember - they started last week and managed to plant half of the 1700 saplings awaiting insertion. The question is - could they manage to plant the remaining trees by close of play (despite storm Bram)? Read on to find out....
Start the clock!
Friedy hurriedly throws
bags of canes to David.
Tim runs off into the distance
throwing tubes over the fence.
and starts tossing them over
to join the tubes.
Everyone enters the double fenced arena
and deploys their spades and lump hammers.
Poor Friedy has drawn the short straw.
She needs a mattock to clear rocks
in order to plant.
"Why me?" she was heard to say.....
Everyone was dealing with extremely
wet planting conditions.
Brenda worked valiantly,
up to her ankles in mud.
Amy and Helena worked speedily
and efficiently.
Some manpower had to be wasted
clearing intruding vegetation .
At coffee time everyone got themselves
comfortable for a short break....
...only to have to high tail it into the farmer's trailer
when the heaviest ot the morning showers
suddenly decided to muscle in on the act.
Tree planting resumed after the wind joined
in and blew away the heaviest clouds.
However - saplings weren't always playing ball.
The root systems of some were rather large
- or very weird. This one was
sitting down on the job!
Then all that was needed was some
heavy duty tool cleaning.
Yee Hah!
Ride 'em cowboy!
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