That I think would have been Arthur, Laura's nephew, he taught me a lot about the countryside, dry stone walling, I did quite a bit up there, also different trees for different jobs, I had to fence in a very marshy area, and was going to buy some pre treated posts, he took me to a willow tree, and cut branches untill we had enough, I thought they were to thin, but we did the job, a few weeks later I noticed the willow poles had taken root and were growing, just needed pruned now and again, but no rot. clever man, I missed him when he died.
PS I take some of the credit for the reeds, I transplanted quite a few from a small lake upstream.