Had a call from DEFRA

[spandit]

Funnily enough, I'd only just come back inside to begin the data entry for my tree survey of the ones I planted last Winter. My 'phone rang and someone saying they were calling from "Tree Health" asked if I'd planted any sweet chestnut (I hadn't, but only because the Woodland Trust ran out of stock).

 

Apparently there is a problem with blight and if I were looking at nut production, then they'd need to come and inspect them. It's going to be a few years before I get any nuts out of the ones I'm planning on planting this Winter but first I'd heard that there might be a problem