Earth Day Tree planting

We received our sweet cherry tree from Territorial Seed on Earth day and planted it out the next day. This makes number 29 in the list of fruit bearing trees and vines we've put in the ground since we started the Sustainable Living Project just about 1 year ago. We've got plans for at least 10 more but as they are still just plans we won't talk about them yet.

In this photo you can see an apple, a plum, 5 blueberries, and 1 grape but they are all pretty small yet and hard to pick out.

The one I'm putting in is a Compact Stella Cherry. Once it was well planted the whole area got sheet mulched and bordered with logs, as you can see around the apple and plum in the background. Gradually the grass is disappearing, thank goodness for that!

Transition - 400 fruit trees in Kilkenney

I'm really enjoying video content online these days. Perhaps it's the predominance of mainstream US media here in Bermuda, with it's plane crashes, corporate welfare, fascist ramblings on Fox news, corporate drug pushers, and general sensationalism and addiction to celebrity and consumerism. I prefer content like this, just normal people getting on with the business of preparing their community for the future by increasing their resilience through the planting of fruit trees.

Thanks to Rob Hopkins over at Transition Culture for this wonderful video.

400 Fruit Trees Project, Kilkenny from Future Proof Kilkenny on Vimeo.