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Since
I was in high school, I dreamed of planting trees
around the farm to block out unwanted views.
As the decades have passed, the neighboring sawmill
has expanded, the railroad has gotten uglier as they
use the area at the back of the mill for a dump,
people are building houses behind us, the
highway
has encroached, and needless to say, the desire
to modify the view has increased.
In the
late winter of 2002 we purchased and planted 250
sequoia trees around the north perimeter.
Unfortunately, it turned out to be one of the
hottest and driest summers ever and in spite of
hauling water to them,
all but perhaps two or three perished.
Since
we have to carefully manage our budget, we have
decided to try and build up out own nursery stock
and experiment with forestry and woodlot management. |
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Volunteer tree
seedlings are harvested. These happen to be
ornamental maples and flowering Japanese plums. |
This is a two year old
Elm tree that was grown from a seed that
accidentally came out from Tennessee in 2003.
It hitched a ride on the surface of the soil in a
tomato plant that my buddy sent me. |
Cottonwood tree?
There is a stand of mature cottonwood on the NE
border of the property along the railroad
right-of-way. They do well in wet areas and
grow quickly. |
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Three
year old Chestnut trees grown from seeds sent to us
by Denise's grandma in Northern California.
Click here for
more Chestnut information. |
A pallet of one year
old Vine Maple trees. These were collected
spring 2004 in the leaf compost brought to us by
Mike's landscaper cousin. They were repotted
in gallon pots 4/8/05. |
This is a two year old
Vine Maple. These are ornamentals and not
intended as part of our perimeter plantings.
They are just beautiful trees. |
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5/20/05 - Two year old trees. Mostly maples. |
5/20/05 - This is one way we are building nursery
stock. Here are a bunch of seedling that are
just coming up from the compost material from this
past fall. |
5/20/05 - More stock. These came up last
summer and were moved here in the fall. |
