The Council had obligingly left a couple of small heaps of mulch for us to spread to finish the job of mulching the new planting beside the drain near the Kahikatea Grove, so we got busy and spread it.

We had a small turnout today. The wind was cold and rain was prophesied, so it wasn't likely to be pleasant working. As it happened, the weather was fairly good to us, and we finished the job in about 50 minutes. We just had a couple of gaps to fill and they weren't big ones. We got back to the nursery early and were just sitting down to morning tea when the rain started. It continued erratically through the rest of the day.