After a week off for Easter, today 13 of us volunteered at Dunham Massey where we planted whips around the main carpark. It is late in the season for tree planting but ranger Nat was keen that we got the whips into the ground rather than heeling them in at the nursery and trying to keep them alive until next winter.
Before we got going Daniel handed out Volunteer Cards and Parking Permits to Adrian, Andy H, Andy S, Christine, David, Jack, Jenny, Martin and Simon. They had all volunteered for more than 50 hours in the year to 31 March. Thank you all for your time and dedication to MNTV and the NT. Jack showed us a photo of his Volunteer Card from 1992 - unchanged from today's except for the colour scheme!
We planted in pairs, one person to cut the hole/slit and the other to plant the tree, insert the support cane and wind round the rabbit guard. There were several species of tree to plant incl willow, hawthorn, hazel and cherry.
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| The willow planters found a newt! |
The weather was dry and sunny all day. April has so far been very dry and we hope it rains next week to water in the whips. We had our elevenses at the fire site and lunch at the picnic tables by the carpark. After lunch we planted trees in the woods beside the overflow carpark. By 14:45 we have planted all the whips and so ended the day early.
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