The Trees Have All Been Planted In The Woodland

crab apple tree(fully grown, fruit and leaves)

 These are the different types of trees that have been planted in the  These are the different types of trees that have been planted in the woodland, we found some pictures of the trees when they are fully grown on the internet:

hawthorn blossom

hazel tree (fully grown with leaves and fruit)

cherry tree(flower)

downy birch(full grown and seeds)

oak tree(fully grown)

sweet chestnut(edible)

rowan tree or mountain ash(fully grown)

alder (tree and leaves)

holly bush (fully grown, ever green)

The Hares

We saw a hare in the future woodland today, we were told that there are two of them so we went to have a look (don't worry, some one is coming to catch them and put them outside the fence). Here is a shot we got of one of them:

Ground Work For Our Community Woodland

Today we visited the future woodland on the eco-village land. There are going to be around 17,000 trees planted. They just finished preparing the site for planting. The trees will be planted in "mole hill" mounds that are around 50 cm wide.

These are the machines they used, look at the size of them!!!!!

See the scooper at the end of the arm? That is used to turn over bits of the soil to make the little mounds. I am not sure when the trees are actually going to be planted, probably in the next few weeks.