More orchard hole digging

Getting into a bit of a rhythm, grabbing time where possible we headed down to the orchard and managed to finish off the small bush orchard quarter, and made a good start on the larger half standard orchard quarter’s holes. I have read that you shouldn’t really dig the holes before the trees arrive – I assume this is to do with frost and the possibility of it lingering in the holes, but with this many trees I couldn’t really see any alternative. I’ll make sure we choose a warm day in which to plant the trees when they arrive. At the moment though, it has a slightly over-sized mole look about it…slightly unnerving…