Trees 2011

[RSL]

This year we tried a new to us technique that we saw at a field day last year...
The rolling machine

View from the Catbird Seat

Another View

Looking Down

Somebody zigged...

Trees in...

After school, inspecting his sisters' handiwork

The handplanting into the mulch is not as quick as the tree planter but the research shows that the trees should grow twice as fast and there is no weeding to do.

 

[Whitewing]

Looks pretty slick. What kind of trees are you planting?

 

[RSL]

I have in no particular order
2 types of lilac
saskatoons
raspberry
hawthorn
snowberry
chokecherry
acute willow
white spruce

 

[Big Muddy rancher]

Pretty close to that fence aren't they?

We planted a bunch back in the 80's. They struggled for quite a while but I have some nice rows of Carraganas :?

 

[PATB]

I have in no particular order
2 types of lilac
saskatoons
raspberry
hawthorn
snowberry
chokecherry
acute willow
white spruce

Cherry leaves are poisioness to cows when wilted.

 

[Northern Rancher]

That plastic does work well we just had an individual mat for every tree so was slow planting. I imagine silocover plastic would work you could cut however wide strip you wanted off the roll. I missed the order date for this year -so were fencing off the places we want to plant.

 

[RSL]

Pretty close to that fence aren't they?

We planted a bunch back in the 80's. They struggled for quite a while but I have some nice rows of Carraganas :?

The outside fence is now for show. They will be fenced off from the cows on the other side. In 10-15 years I will have a windbreak so I can graze calves to the right of the trees (west) all winter long.

 

[RSL]

That plastic does work well we just had an individual mat for every tree so was slow planting. I imagine silocover plastic would work you could cut however wide strip you wanted off the roll. I missed the order date for this year -so were fencing off the places we want to plant.

They told us we can break it a year early, drop the plastic in the fall and then just plant trees in the spring...of course that assumes we are caught up enough to do that (BIG ASSUMPTION) :lol: