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Morning Light: The Fetchland Gardening Wire

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Hanneke Nov 2017 6:03pm, 19 Nov 2017 69,533 posts	Quote Pin Hanneke My heart lifted when I saw my new trees this morning
Flatlander Nov 2017 6:44pm, 19 Nov 2017 902 posts	Quote Pin Flatlander That looks ....... well ....... stunning :-). If you have that to look out onto each day, no wonder you're so happy and relaxed these days! I can't quite see from the photo, but are those tall posts part of your deer fencing?
Hanneke Nov 2017 6:51pm, 19 Nov 2017 69,534 posts	Quote Pin Hanneke The tall posts are part of the pleaching frame. I need to fit the wires properly and tension them, then the tree branches will be tied onto them: 4 tiers. Yes, I live in such an amazing part of the world. I just hope I am not going to be forced to leave in 2019 :'( it would break my heart!
Flatlander Nov 2017 7:21pm, 19 Nov 2017 903 posts	Quote Pin Flatlander We don't want you to leave.
alpenrose Nov 2017 8:55pm, 19 Nov 2017 29,888 posts	Quote Pin alpenrose What a lovely place Hann.
Hanneke Nov 2017 9:44pm, 19 Nov 2017 69,538 posts	Quote Pin Hanneke Thanks guys Only half an acre, but I am cramming a lot in, using the permaculture principles! Next year, I will be experimenting with arborio rice
sallykate Nov 2017 12:27pm, 20 Nov 2017 5,199 posts	Quote Pin sallykate I love pleached trees. A friend of mine has a hotel near Evesham and has pleached hornbeams in the grounds - just lovely.
Hanneke Nov 2017 5:19pm, 20 Nov 2017 69,558 posts	Quote Pin Hanneke Sallykate, I am very partial to pleached trees, they are a signature element in all the gardens I have designed/created! I have pleached fruit trees as well hornbeams and lime are my favorites though!
Dvorak Nov 2017 8:02pm, 20 Nov 2017 14,744 posts	Quote Pin Dvorak I had to look up "pleaching". A bit perplexed today to find that leaf buds had opened on two blackcurrant bushes. The buds seem to form earlier every year but I don't think I've ever seen that before. Not like it is mild weather, either.
Hanneke Nov 2017 9:08pm, 20 Nov 2017 69,559 posts	Quote Pin Hanneke Very mild here Dvorak, with the occasional hard frost. Here is part of one of 'my' gardens, with pleached hornbeams. I pleach Dutch style, so an open structure. IMAGE 92420