Possible Clues:

• Initially provided set up in new start
• A craving for drink's fine for husband to begin with
• In the beginning, to start with
• Initially an abstainer going round trees
• If held up in start, disorientated initially
• Initially provided backing in new start
• Working on tree on street, initially
• Attending to tree on street, initially
• To start with
• Trees planted in the middle of Seattle in the early stages