Any excuse to avoid Christmas shopping...
We were both looking forward to getting some structure in the garden and of course to reap the rewards for our planting. But we were going to have to work for it, first it was a case of breaking up slabs of concrete that covered some of the area where we wanted to plant fruit trees.
Fortunately Melv had the help of an excellent piece of kit from a friend of his and he soon made progress.
It wasn't quite breaking up rocks in the hot sun - in fact quite the opposite - but it took a while to remove it all. But looked good once it was done.
First we planted a line of birch on the boundary, as a wind break and to provide a tall hedge.
Next it was the thorns and dogwood for a hedge around what will be an orchard, with a variety of fruit trees.
As the ground was so stoney we cheated and Melv whizzed around with the digger to make the holes.
The chicken were in their element and often actually in the holes - any chance for a quick meal - loads of worms, loads of protein - loads of eggs!!
We ran out of daylight - but at least managed to get ready for planting the fruit trees tomorrow
and of course the chickens did their bit.
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