Hackfalls Arboretum – Tiniroto, Gisborne NZ

Saturday, 2008 January 5

Arrears of maintenance in The Orchard

Filed under: Hackfalls, Orchard — Dick Bos @ 7:42 pm

Worked all day in “The Orchard”: a small, neglected group of fruit trees east of Kevin’s Bush in G/H11.

The trees did not have proper protections (or surrounds as Di calls them), so we took most of the old surrounds off and made new ones, using the cages of Uncle Bob.

In the meantime Steven did a wonderful job in repairing a weak spot in the fence.

The Orchard is frequently visited by cattle, so protections need to be strong.

We still do have to make an inventory of the trees over here. I don’t think they’re in the catalogue.

In the morning we looked at the object, and planned what we needed. After that I went riding with the Mule and the trailer to get enough protections, metal posts etc.

In the afternoon Di and I changed some 8 protections, while Steven repaired the fence.

It was a sunny day, with some clouds. Not so hot as two days ago. But later in the afternoon it got about 25°C and rather humid.

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