Spring is Here, but the Soil Says Otherwise

We have jumped into our 2025 spring planting season. Only nature has other plans: according to her, it is still too early at this point of the Earth.

The hard frost in February has frozen the soil, and in many places, the soil is still frozen at around 20 cm depth. So we need to wait a few warm days before continuing to plant the oak-dominated biodiverse forest stands and the beech forests higher up on the Hasmas Mountain.

bare-rooted Quercus seedling

hoofprints of red deer (Cervus elaphus)

footprints of a badger

catkins of goat willow (Salix caprea)