Nearly six weeks later, the flood is still here, but has now receded into a putrid, eutrophic bog of eternal stench. Unpleasant is not the word.
Some willows have even tried to sprout out of their trunks from being underwater for so long. At first I thought it was a weird fungus, but no, it's roots.
Yuck
Most of the trees have grown like crazy, with the willow sprouts in the maze putting on a good 4ft!!
The coppice is doing really well, too - we should get a good harvest this year
A sycamore has died, and many of the willows (like this one above) are suffering from what looks like Nitrogen Burn - a yellowing of the leaves in response to an overload of nutrients, likely washed in from the fields during the rains. They should recover easily though.
Some willows have even tried to sprout out of their trunks from being underwater for so long. At first I thought it was a weird fungus, but no, it's roots.
At least the prayer flags look pretty
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