Glimpses of Eden

A giant tractor ploughed this field in September. Since then, the whole 80 hectares have been left to their own devices and the land has been busy. For a start, two huge oaks rise along the bridleway that crosses the field, and stopping to look under them today, I counted 49 saplings.

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