These cold still days with cloudless blue skies are a welcome change after the last few soggy months and the ground has at last had a chance to dry out. There's no point in planting trees into wet ground because the sides of the hole set like concrete and the poor little tree's roots have no chance.
We are planting lots of an apple called Falstaff and some more of another variety called Red Windsor. The maiden trees have been sitting with their roots damp but wrapped in straw since we got them way back in January and they can't wait to get into the ground.
The earth is really friable and crumbly and in great condition to receive the young trees and give them the best start in life.
If the weather holds we should have them all in in the next few days.
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