GET SET...

Preparing the first section of 2020 Forktree Project planting:

  1. clear the area of out-of-control phalaris (non-native, tough-as-boots fodder grass). This requires a mattock, muscle and gusto. And the tireless assistance of one cheery, hard-working, self-isolating volunteer - thank you, Jake!

  2. wheelbarrow mountains of phalaris clumps to a growing compost heap.

  3. use stakes to mark planting positions. We’re ready to go.

Tools of the planting trade: corflutes, stakes, knife, trowel and the saplings themselves.

Tools of the planting trade: corflutes, stakes, knife, trowel and the saplings themselves.

Elizabeth Jarvis