Today we spent time putting in some canopy trees under the pioneer plantings. The bigger growing canopy trees that we put in were pūriri, puka, nikau and kowhai. There are already some totara and rewarewa, so we are pretty excited with the progress. We had to cut light pockets for them as it is pretty dark below the manuka. It was fun to have little Quinn on the team too. We were lucky to get some puka and nikau from @julzmaioro and have had them potted up and growing for a couple of years.
Just wondering where you get your trees from Dianne? All these beautiful varieties must cost quite a bit if money plus take time to get to the right size to replant!
@happypat we have bought most from a local nursery. The ones we planted yesterday were some that we got as small plants and grew on ourselves. With the shade house we have, we now grow a few from seed ourselves, but cannot produce enough! And yes, we have put in a lot of finance and energy into this long term project. (Willingly I might add!)
