We had a very productive morning at The Bog and Penjar Pond with a good turnout of residents supplemented with scouts from the 72nd Portsmouth Group. We added to the fruiting hedge at The Bog with apple, quince and elder while the scouts staked the existing trees. We then moved over to Penjar Pond where the scouts sawed up and moved some branches that had been cut down and left at the back of the pond. Meanwhile, the rest of us planted a double row of wild plum trees at the Elstead Gardens end of the grass area. Our original intention was to continue the hedge planted for year-round colour. Unfortunately, the ground was too stony. There was a suggestion it might be builders’ rubble.
