Mighty oaks from little acorns grow - but luckily it takes a while

Pete, one of our greener-fingered members, recently caused his allotment committee some alarm...

Re: Your Plot
Hoping this little note, which is just seeking clarification, finds you well. On a recent site visit to all the plots the committee noted what appears to be oak (?) hedging on your plot. Given the potential for oaks, if they are oaks, to grow to a considerable size I would be grateful if you could advise me of the following;
(i) Are they oaks? If not, what are they?
(ii) What is your long term objective in regards to the planting of the above?
Many thanks for your cooperation and I look forward to hearing from you in the near future.

Fortunately, he was able to set their minds at rest pretty fast: 

Re: My Plot
No, it's not a hedge! I am a member of Lancaster Cohousing, and we have been donated these baby oaks (correct) for our plot of land at Halton. They sort of turned up out of the blue the other week and we had to do something with them. I have temporarily offered to host them on my allotment until they can be planted out in the autumn -- we have quite a lot of work out at the site and they would be at risk of being squashed by a big yellow JCB or something if we put them out there now. It takes quite a bit of organisation and forethought to get a work party together to plant 50 oaks properly with stakes and rabbit proofing etc. We just didn't think we could organise a work party to get them in this spring in time, so they are just down there for a holding area till they can go to a permanent home in the autumn. Our hope is that they all survive into standard oaks, and definitely not where they currently are! Hope that's OK.

So no damage done...

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