The New Plantation in Early Summer
As spring turns into summer, the new plantation has really started to flourish. it’s just over 4 years ago now since the finger-height saplings were planted, and It’s difficult to remember the dark and lifeless place it once was. Nesting linnets and blackcaps are singing from the sweet-chestnut tops and the ground cover is now alive with beetles, spiders and grasshoppers.
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