Today's effort, 5th July 2022, was just the start.

Come the beginning of August, and we have the chance, in between showers, to finish the job, or at least Stage 1. Jane already has her eye on Stage 2. The ground is very soft after all the rain, so we could take a light truck near the site.

In 2023, we finished the job. Several trees did not survive the mid-spring frost of October 2022, and we replaced them. Then we went to the western side of the Totara Grove and extended the planting, using bigger trees this time to avoid having to spray first. We had to clear the long grass and weeds from a corner that the silage-maker's mower hadn't been able to reach, and we sprayed that after we'd used our brushcutters. The area turned out to be surprisingly large, and it took us two sessions to finish the planting.

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