Planting round the pond 1998 (photos)
Planting round the pond 1998 (photos)
The difference a few months can make. Here we are in November 1998: construction is complete, the jetty, revetment and bridge (not in picture) are finished and there's water in the pond. And it's very boggy underfoot.
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You can see the usual signing-in marquee in the centre of the picture and, by the fence, an easel. This also is a regular feature on planting days. It carries on it a large plastic-covered plan and notice, explaining to volunteers what needs to be done and where.
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The view looking west. This shows clearly the natural incline of the land towards this corner of the reserve
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The joys of planting in clay.
The white sacks on this side of the fence contain the plants. It's vital that their roots do not dry out.
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Staking out on the south bund. We're using Tuley tubes, because each plant will be more exposed than in a hedgerow.
These tubes, otherwise called tree shelters, were invented in the late 1970s by Graham Tuley, then at the Forestry Commission's Alice Holt station. He was researching the growth of oak seedlings and wanted a method of protecting them from climate, livestock and competing vegetation.
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A Soroptomist (you can tell by the boots) plants a Wild Cherry.
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