Trees are company for you all year round

THERE’S no shortage of reasons for planting trees, though perhaps the most compelling one is the satisfaction from watching one of these great plants flourish and grow.

I’m lucky enough to own a couple of acres of land and I’ve been doing it all my life.

But I have to admit not all the trees I’ve planted have flourished and some have died. So I thought I’d pass on a few of the things that I’ve learned from my mistakes.