With a dozen trees in need of some trimming we planned on shredding the off-cuts and using them to layer the floor of the chicken compound. Unfortunately, shredders don’t quite work like that.
Plant a tree and you get a wonderful sense of achievement. Perhaps it’s because we have it drummed into us from an early age that trees are the world’s lungs and we won’t survive without them, or maybe it’s because when you’re done you can already see the results, and they’re usually four feet high. Here’s how to do it.