The trees arrive

After what seemed like an age, the trees were delivered. Was a bit daunting to see how many tubes and stakes the order comprised! Thank goodness I didn't order 4,500 as suggested

The plants themselves didn't look too bad, how wrong I was:

Thought I'd better get cracking before my help arrived the following morning so planted 50 wild cherry trees. The first ones will form an avenue down the drive which should make for a beautiful arrival when in blossom.

First one!

I then continued planting the avenue

Once this was done, I moved into the upper paddock, where the real planting was going to take place. My wife suggested an avenue leading up to the pond would look nice, so that's what happened:

You can see how wet it is