Action Acorn

Under ground Acorn Planter

Tonight I used up the last of the acorns, which I had collected with the help of some friends, earlier in the year.  I put them just half buried in a little thumb print, on the tops of banks, in the short grass between and in amongst Hawthorn hedges.  Tonight's batch went in and around the tourist car parks in the centre of Princetown.  

The aim is to introduce the Oak, also to get Oak trees to pop up here and there in these hedges before the Beech, Ash and Sycamore get in there, these trees are prevalent in people's gardens up here, once they seed in to the hedges they will become dominant and Oaks would find it allot more difficult to get a foot in the door.

Wild Daffodils

Since this site is one of my 'show-piece' Wild Daffodil plantations; I did not want to disturb the ground at all, so planting acorns is really the best method here.


These hedges divide up the tourist car park into sections and anything I have planted in here will undoubtedly be seen, by many, as Princetown is a very popular tourist destination.  Which ever way they come here, they will see Wild Daffs in the hedgerows and woods, which ever way they drive, and then when they come here and park their cars in the car park; they will be able to get out and see them close up.  The Oaks will help to ensure the success of these Daffs, as they do not grow well under Beech. 


The desired effect
I do not aim to have avenues of Oak trees here, just the odd one.  A second generation of them should be able to seed themselves here naturally.  Once this first generation reach maturity, which for Oaks can be as little as eight years, until they start becoming laden, with copious amounts of acorns.


I also want other species of trees to seed into here as well.  Many exist within seed blowing distance, so eventually these little car park dividing banks should be nice little strips of diverse deciduous woodland.