This week we are in the final stages of planting our latest project, our Orchard.  We’ve been planting a variety - apple trees, plus some pear and plum trees too, but mainly apples. It’s a freezing cold February day and it’s blowing a gale, yet that isn’t stopping the team and the last batch of trees are being planted. The wind chill here is made even worse by how close we are to the sea, but hopefully the trees will love the sea air. The view from the field is spectacular as the ground is rather high, we can see the menacing sea, today its rather dark and the wind is whipping around so the trees will need to be tough cookies to survive these Northern temperatures! The apples are mainly Old English varieties which will be able to withstand our climate. It’s very interesting that the arborist we have helping...