Na Craobhan

Tha mi ag ionndrainn na craobhan! :( At the house I previously rented I was surrounded by my own personal forest with 60 plus trees, most of which were twice the height of the two up two down croft house... I miss them! There's something about trees that make you feel safe and secure and my new garden doesn't even have a sapling, just a sea of grass... I will never be able to recreate what I previously had at the rented property, but there's plenty of room for a tree or twenty... ;)

The annual craft fair that takes place at the Clan Donald Centre, Armadale at the end of May was approaching, and I saw this as my opportunity to hopefully find some trees. The growers are all local, so no danger of buying something that won't grow in Skye or withstand the Sgitheanach weather...

I bought a darach, beith-bhàn or yellow birch so called because of the colour if it's leaves despite it's red bark (one of my favourite trees...), calltainn and a seileach an t-sruth (also one of my favourites). So four trees in all, and all very different! A good start!

But where to plant them? This was mainly determined by how they grow... Some closer to the fence than other...

Am Beith-bhàn

An Darach

An Calltainn

Seileach an t-Sruth

Now all I need to do is sit back and wait, and get some more trees of course! All four trees are in this photograph, lets see if you can spot them...