30th of November More planting

Up early we have called in lots of help. Including my brother in law, and his daughter my sister, some of my wifes friends Stuart and Victoria.

We still have more than 30 trees to plant and with their help we have managed to get them all planted. We did start much earlier and didn't have to wait for trees etc.

We had new problems though. First when we arrived the gate was locked so we parked the cars on top of the hill. Then carried the trees and the tools down to the orchard.

We found that all three of the Rotweillers were on the lose. They barked at us for ages and when they finally went back to the where they must live my brother and I went to close the gate in the home that they would not be able to come near the orchard. One of the dogs probrably the youngest and smallest managed to get though the gaps in the fence and chased us. We jumped over the fence and all. When my parents came we throw bits of bacon at them and they seem much friendlier.

We have managed to get all the trees planted. We were two stakes short and we are not sure if they were stolen overnight or they were missing from the order. Next time we will have to be a bit more organised and count stuff.

Leena's friends have started to stake out the next trees spots. I will have to put the order in for the next load soon.

We have more people that want to help with the next batch.