Read my blogOrla Farrell is leading our school project; school children planting trees. She is hugely grateful for all the help everybody and very optimistic we will plant 2m trees by 2020. Easy treesy. Go on to our new website, easytreesie.com for the blog people!
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Well not quite true...The challenge for me is too great; to stop talking and start planting I just about managed on Saturday at the superb event organised by the wonderful Rebecca and the Native Woodland Trust but the company was great and women and multitasking ? easy treesy. Once I've figured it out I can talk and plant at the same time. It's great to chat to so many people who have been at this all their lives but at the same time meet many on their first-ever visit who are delighted to be volunteering. Not only was there secure parking...unfortunately this is a factor when taking to the hills...all the tools and equipment one could wish for but also large flasks filled with properly hot tea and Christmas buns and biscuits as well as Dolly Mixtures for the children. I joined two of the best-behaved young boys you could meet, aged 5 and 7 and their Dad in our carpool up the steep hill. The boys put it so well; they were making homes for animals that had none, because it is not just people who are homeless, insects and other creatures also need a place to live. We had a few hours of fresh air, great views and the truly spooky feeling of planting oak trees that may live a thousand years, grown from seed lovingly collected from our ancient native forests and grown in the Trust nurseries to be just right for planting at this great spot, secured (or almost so because it has been discovered they can jump the 2m fence, there must be a touch of magic about those Christmas deer in our Dublin mountains) or as good as can be managed against intruding foragers.
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