Not really trees but it was planting...

 Sometimes when you day-dream about something for years, when the time comes, it isn't quite as good as you imagine it. I know that the day I get to take to the stage with the Foo-Fighters, my windmill guitar moves won't be as wild as I have imagined. It will be great, but not quite as the dream. 

Occasionally though, stuff does work out as you hoped. Today was one of those days. I had planned to plant some daffodils as you walk into the field. I know thad daffodils isn't a wild woodland thing, but it is nice right - and I want it to be nice. In 50 years time when I am nothing but a skeleton under some of the trees, nature can decide if the daffs belong or not, but for now, they belong. I am over-ruling nature in the short term. 

On this basis, I ordered myself some "bulk" bulbs. How many is enough? How much qualifies as bulk ? I went for 25kg. If I had too many, I could always give some away, too few, order some more. £44.39 well spent (including delivery). 

Jeez, when they arrived though, it looked like a LOT of bulbs. So, am alarm call was raised on Facebook. Planters wanted! The only reward would be (hopefully) future pleasure at seeing them all flower - and biscuits. 

Cue lots of lovely friends, giving up their Saturday morning to come and dig (in covid-safe isolation from each other). 


Having spent a good amount of time banging on about how good the views were in my field, it was a bit of a poor start (thick fog) - but after a little while, a weak sun tried to poke out. We still didn't get a nice view, but we could at least see the bottom of the field and at times it was really atmospheric as the mist blew around. 

Good teamwork ladies...


Everyone worked really hard and after a morning, the last of the bulbs were safely in the ground for spring. 

Much of the planting follows the top path around the newly defined "artwork woodland". We made it almost all the way around which should look awesome once the trees are in. There were enough spare to put some up on the top road too as I always love to see daffs on roadside verges - I often wonder who went to the trouble of planting them so far from anywhere (turns out it was me this time). 







All done and enjoying the "not view". 


So, having daydreamed (or day dreamt) about owning some land and friends all coming out to help me plant it, it actually happened just as I imagined. There is so much pleasure to come for me in the next few years, planting and watching and enjoying what happens. The pleasure will be accentuated so much by sharing it. Thanks guys for sharing this with me. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do as time passes. I am a lucky chap (again). 

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  1. Quirky8 November 2020 at 09:15

    I’m planting a woodland in Cambridgeshire and I understand what you mean about “amounts” - it is hard to wrap your head around scaling from an allotment to several acres!
    I love the idea of daffodils, though! Picking mine up next weekend!

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    1. Cornelius Bigtop8 November 2020 at 09:21

      definitely, the scale that everything arrives in is intimidating sometimes (40tons of road planings being the worst - I have used about 20% of it so far). Is fun though, doing things on a big scale. It has made me think, if I could persuade a corporate to sponsor an even bigger one, I would do it without a seconds thought (though I may chance my mind after a winter of tree planting, lets see).

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