Ravendale House

Today I went for a walk around the garden, it felt more like Ocober 18th than July!

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I’d almost given up hope of the chaps coming back to cut down the old tree, but yesterday, just 6 weeks after their first visit, they turned up.

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I do like nice surprises that come out of the blue. Take today for example. It started off as a fairly dreary Friday, but took an unexpected turn just after lunch.

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I’ve written before about how much I love trees, but it’s fair to say most of my hands -on experience has been with native species. Of all the trees I know, probably my least favourite is the poplar. I don’t know why, I just don’t like it, and would never dream of growing one.

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In the bottom corner of our field we have an old tree, it’s actually planted in next doors field, but it feels like ours. The reason for this is that it is gradually falling down and has chosen to do it in our direction.

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I’ve always been fond of growing things from scratch, and have grown many trees from the seeds and berries that I’ve found lying around. Many years ago in fact in the late 1970’s if I was guessing, I sowed several acorns and was soon rewarded with several little oak trees.

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The plug plants are now all planted out, either in tubs or in the garden. It’s up to them now, but so far they’re disappointing. Let’s hope they prove me wrong.

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The flowering cherry trees are an absolute picture at this time of year, I’m so glad Peter made us have white ones and not pink. Against a blue sky they are majestic, trouble is the sky isn’t blue this year, so I’ll just have to use my imagination.

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I love trees, I don’t know why, perhaps it’s their great size or longevity, I just know I’ve always been intrigued by them. I can remember as a child sowing apple pips, orange pips, acorns, conkers, sycamore keys and the like just to see what I could grow.

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