Alfie has begun several January days with the proposal "I have an idea, let's go outside and dig!".
Angus dumped a mound of soil here a year ago and we are finally moving it.
It is all fun and Alfie does as much as he enjoys.
It really is surprising just how much soil a little man can move!
There will be great disappointment when there is none left to dig.
Some days Tivon helps too.
Brothers in harmony?
Alfie looking out for a stick floating under the little bridge.
We have had some beautiful clear still days. This Robin in Singing on the Viburnum × bodnantense 'Dawn.
We had a couple of January storms too. This old oak near the back of the big pond has lost another couple of branches.
We made more room and light for the Prunus serrula as well as space for more intentional planting around the big pond. Now that it is clear, the Tibetan cherry needs a good rub to smoothen the bark.
Coppicing the willow and hazel led to piles of logs to go to the woodshed and branches to go for shredding.
I have been shredding almost every day, using the shreddings to mulch the paths in the vegetable patch....
and using the straighter branches to make a very rough temporary fence outside the big tunnel.
There are also piles of smaller willow for another project another day!
