Hi everyone. Not much is happening in the wood at the moment apart from the general winter die-back. It’s good not to be surrounded by nettles! And I am looking forward to the emergence of the snow drops in February which are in abundance just by where the silver birches are growing. Now is my chance to get in there and do some winter clearance – hopefully it will provide some winter fuel for our wood burner too. Here is a picture of the trees in Autumn. Some of them have grown over two metres this year and all look hearty and healthy.
Unfortunately we did not get the government grant we had hoped for – the plot needed to be at least a hectare which it pretty much is, but because there were a lot of trees on the site already it didn’t qualify. Not to worry – it will just take longer to populate the wood. In the Spring I shall be able to plant some more trees largely due to a very generous gift from one of George’s old school friends, Hugo. They will be smaller trees this time to keep the price down, but ‘mighty oaks from little acorns grow’! This time the planting will be thirty four trees – one for each of the “Things I Want Now” with a larger one (an oak tree) in the middle to represent ‘Trees’.
Finally here is a short poem by Robert Frost for contemplation:
When I see birches bend to left and right
Across the lines of straighter darker trees,
I like to think some boy's been swinging them.
But swinging doesn't bend them down to stay.
Across the lines of straighter darker trees,
I like to think some boy's been swinging them.
But swinging doesn't bend them down to stay.
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