Every year I go around the garden and have a good look at the trees I've planted since I've been here (almost 15 years now); check them over, make sure they're ok, note the species - purely out of interest. I have planted 11 in the front garden and 73 in the back garden , giving a total of 84 altogether. In addition, there are elders, lilacs, hazels and a hawthorn which were here when I moved in. I also had a small variegated holly and a magnlia awaiting planting when I find a spot for them. Sadly, I lost my davidia again over the winter - that's twice I've tried, not sure whether to have another go or not. This is the list as of today: Back garden buddleias x 6 mirabelle plum blackthorn x 2 snake bark maple Victoria plum Egremento russet apple contorted willow x 2 ornamental cherry hazel x 9 walnut Scots pine quince pear lilac crab apple John Downie damson Merryweather elder pawlonia apple Bramley seedling holly sugar maple crab apple Wisley crab apple Aldenhamensis cherry Stella greengage unkown apple from core/pip - appeared bay apple Bardsey Island perry pear birch mulberry medlar apple Devonshire Quarrenden field maple silver birch x 5 ash x 5 horse chestnut x 2 (1 red, 1 white) oak x 2 plum apple - Winter Queening tulip tree rown holm oak cider aplles x 3 - Yarlington Mill, slack ma girdle and sops in wine front garden hawthorn Guelder rose black leaved elder white berried elder acer Judas tree rowan buddleia x 4 That's a lot of trees! lol |
Wednesday 2 May 2012
Annual (or so) tree audit
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A lot of trees, yes! lol More than a tad envious here.
That is an amazing number of trees, it must take some beating, how do you fit them all in?
Sarah
You must have a huge backyard. Do you live in the shed or a house? I'm a little confused as you wrote at one time about moving into the shed but now you talk about living in a house.
I have a big back garden yes lol It's 160 ft and the front garden is 50 ft x 40ft. The smaller few trees thatwere here were planted around the boundary lines, os therewas plenty of scope for breaking up the garden into areas with trees.
Last year teh plan was to move into my little off-grid cabin but things have changed since then re my ex and domestic matters, and I've been advised to actually stay in the house rather than move out, even into the cabin. However, the renovation of the cabin is still going ahead, and it will be a liveable space and studio hopefully by the end of this year. I have all the bits to start it off, just need to get them up there and installed!
There 's little room left for more trees, apart from maybe being able to squeeze in a sweet chestnut, which is the one I feel is missing lol We will see :)
Mrsl
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