Oh, hi April.

Looks like we are off to a good start....

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This is Ginger Billy. Named after @TheGingerBilly, naturally!

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We lost about half the field maples I planted in the storms in late winter, and I do mean "lost", their wee protectors got blown off and I couldn't find the saplings sticking out the ground - sticks in a field of sticks! So today I topped up with 5 hornbeams!

I want a couple of real wet conditions specialists next, willow or something perhaps, to soak up some manky wet ground. Them some hazel and rowan to form a lower hight periphery before moving on to some gorse and juniper to dot around the field. We may use some more hazel and rowan along with the shrubby stuff further up the field too once work is complete on site and I will then sow the remaining grassland with meadow flowers.

We may only have a couple of acres to rewild, but it rewilded it will be. Kinda.

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A different view of Ruthven Barracks near Kingussie today. I spotted the Highland ponies in a field below the barracks on my way into the town and decided to quickly pop back on finishing the morning's job to grab a photo with the ponies taking centre stage rather than the old ruins for something just a little different to usual!

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It was cold, wet and miserable today.

This was Roki's thoughts on the situation.

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