Planting in the mini meadow

I took advantage yesterday in a brief break in the neverending winter now afflicting out country to plant some orchids in the meadow I created. I planted one of the Dactylorhiza fuchsii I sowed at the seed sowing workshop which started me off in August 2011, and some of the huge number of Anacamptis morio seedlings from those I sowed last autumn (2012). Both are wet meadow plants so planted them near the pond where the fritillaries are already established. I picked the biggest plants of both species and cut slits or holes in the turf and then covered them with a cloche. Hopefully the slugs won't decimate them... I'll aim to plant more as time permits and if they survive some of thr larger D. fuchsii may even flower this year.