More trees

Today 250 willows from Germany arrived. After loosing many willows every year which all came from the same place in Yorkshire I decided to try something different this year.

The parcel took 5 days to arrive.

In good old German fashion the parcel arrived neatly and extremely well packed.

To give the trees the best start after the journey I put them in a tub and added some rainwater.

I ordered 150 Salix viminalis and received 188. I also ordered 100 Salix americana and received 111. Thank you for the extras Mr. Scheffel !

Although it was getting dark I started planting around the soakaway. The chickens are doing a good job at scratching up the grass.