Planted here to provide shade for the straw area and the small paddock in the summer the first tree didn’t survive so this replacement is a year older and has a much better root system. Doubly protected from the sheep it should straighten up as it grows taller. A poplar was planted in the lower paddock where it should thrive in the puddles. The movers were collected for their annual service, the ride-on was used to control large areas of buttercups in the paddocks so the cutters definitely need sharpening. A very wet, mild, day with some breaks in the cloud, light until after six o’clock.
