Just as the Woodland Trust had promised, our 'Wild Harvest' hedge plants arrived very early on Monday 5th November, each of the 420 plants carefully packed in its own little root ball. 

Undaunted, we sorted the plants into mixed packs - wild rose, crab apple, hazel, elder and blackthorn, so that it was a simple matter of taking the next plant from the pack. 

The ground was soft, thanks to all this lovely rain we have had, and we found we could plant up to 50 plants in an hour and still have time to chat. 

Thankfully we had most planting done before the deluge, so they should all be well rooted! 

There isn't much to see at the moment, but come next spring we hope to see the new leaves poking out through the grass and maybe some flowers when next summer finally arrives.