21st October 2009

More planting was on the agenda this week. We went back and bought the 3 alders that we had intended to buy last week, which will form the basis of the shelterbelt for our fruit trees. We also transplanted two syringas that had struggled for years in our old garden in the wind and the salt spray. We hope they will enjoy life better in our new section.

We had also ordered some budget flowering cherries on the internet, but they did not turn up. Fingers crossed they will arrive soon.



And at last we had got round to preparing some homemade hare repellent, which we applied to the new alders...

and to what was left of some of the tastier-to-hares natives. Even the worst attacked do now have a few new leaves so there is hope yet.

And we did discover that, although the gums are making rapid progress, they are being outpaced by the lupins, which are making quite a nice windbreak and fixing the nitrogen in the soil for us too.