As you can see, Spring has sprung at Willowbrook Park.
The cherries and Crab apples are in full blossom
and we have started to plant up our orchard (below)
The cherries and Crab apples are in full blossom
and we have started to plant up our orchard (below)
There are only 60 trees planted so far, but by the time we finish there will be about 240 trees in total, with a small reflection pond and a pavilion, all enclosed within a high hedge wall (plans below).
We are planting some more trees this weekend, but will stop at the end of September and start again next April. In the interim we will work on making the raised beds for our potager (2 acres worth) and marking that out. We have sourced most of our fruit trees from the Edible Garden.
We can safely pump 500 gallons per hour, and although the water is high in Iron and Manganese, which can be treated, it should be fine for irrigating the Orchard and Potager, and also for driving a top-up fountain in the lake.
We finally got the water test results from our well:
We can safely pump 500 gallons per hour, and although the water is high in Iron and Manganese, which can be treated, it should be fine for irrigating the Orchard and Potager, and also for driving a top-up fountain in the lake.
