Treesy does it . . .
We have decided to add some tree life to our garden.
Sue at Baytree took us to their tree section, where we were able to pick out about 10 trees to get started with. Silver birch, mountain ash, acers and a liquidambar were our tree choices.
She explained that now is the best time of year to be planting trees, but they would need a little bit of care to get them to thrive.
As soon as we got home, we started to mark out where to plant the trees. We kept moving the trees around until we both agreed on their final positions. Fortunately, we have good soil, so digging the holes for each tree wasn’t too bad.
In the bottom of each hole, we added some Westland bonemeal and used a small garden fork to rake the soil to a fine crumble.
Each tree in turn was taken out of its pot and stood in its hole. We than hammered in a tree stake, making sure it was well away from the tree's roots. Once the stake was fixed, we gave the tree a really good watering and then backfilled the soil, giving it a firm press to compress the soil.
We then gave the tree another good watering before finally tying the tree to its support stake.