Tree Huggers!

Digging the hole

Putting in the stakes.

Old Rastas to the left is my 2IC. We oversee Blake's hard work!

Mulch, mulch, mulch!

Water babies

All wrapped up and ready to grow!

On Sunday 8th October Blake and I put on the farm gear, loaded up the cart with water, shovels, sheep manure, ash, mulch, stakes and hessian bags and set off up the hill to plant the flowering gums I gave him for his birthday. It was a beautiful day, a little windy, but we kept warm as we walked up and down the line of trees where we placed one plant at either end.

Blake did most of the work, as you can see by the pics. I was assigned chief photographer, dog handler, wood grub rescuer and site overseer! Very important roles in their own right. :) Actually I did some digging, sheep manure spreading and watering. It was loads of fun. I've never actually planted a tree before - so there ya go. First time for everything.

Later, when we went on a water run, I got to reverse the car all the way up the hill, for practice. I could do it easy lookin' over my shoulder, but when I did it the second time using the mirrors only - I went all over the place! The rear view still confuses me (look out if you're on the roads!).

Overrall it was a very enjoyable arvo. It took us a fair while as we were walking from one end of the line of trees to the other and had to go down the hill to the farm for water a couple of times, but it didn't matter. We had a ball. And the earth is better for it... so who can complain? Breathe easy folks, there are two new trees savin our skins! Hee hee. Love ya's - hug a tree. :)

Note: I had wayyy more pics than this, but for some reason blogger is not lettin' me post them. So you'll just have to go to Flickr if you want more shots! Sorry guys, I spent ages tryin' to make it work, but alas!