With my birthday
imminently approaching Chris whisked me up to Vicky’s farm to plant a Silver
Birch tree along the A69. After a 90 minute detour of the countryside and
numerous park ups at Little Chef to check the directions we eventually find
Vicky and her dad equipped with tractor, tree and spade. The planting didn’t
take long because Mr Lowery stepped in and did a lot of the heavy digging while
I supervised but I then took great enjoyment in stomping the tree into place.
After the tree
stomping we went to see the pet lambs which was even more exciting!
You can find out
more about the Silver Birch from the Woodland
Trust, my personal favourite line is that in early Celtic mythology the
birch symbolised renewal and purification (maybe that is what will happen to me
when I hit 30?!)
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