Tuesday 16 April 2013

A dying orchard


Called in by the potential new owners of several acres of apple orchard to see what can be done 


I'm met by the sorry sight of hundreds of neglected, dying trees, 
wood so dead that branches snap off as you walk through the trees,

boughs thick with lichens and very little sign of new bud,

spiral tree guards that should have been removed long ago
 no longer protecting the trunks from rabbit damage.

A very sorry sight.

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