Many hands ...

Yesterday evening we went for a meal with neighbours around the corner and during the course of the evening Sue talked about the delivery of our latest tree.  Our friends kindly offered to help dig the hole and so this morning we began digging.

(Nicole isn't standing in the hole, only squatting down in it!)
We were amazed how quickly we were able to dig down, as we had expected to be battling rocks and stones.  Sue and I decided to press on with planting the tree as the weather was forecast for rain in the afternoon.
The first job was to cut off the pot as the tree was too big to lift up out.

 We were then able to roll the tree into the hole.

We filled the hole with a number of barrow-loads of Sue's special compost and soil mixture,

and finally leveled it all off with some of the soil we had taken out of the hole.

 Now all we have to do is find a home for the soil that is surplus to requirements!