planting hope
May. 16th, 2005 09:49 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chelidonHere's some pictures from this past week, spent with some dear friends, including ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
draiguisge and threefrognight, and of course Lovely Housemate lylythe_strega. After a couple of drippy days, we actually got to tree-planting on Friday -- black walnut, white ash, rowan, and wild plum. Today if I get a moment, I'll put in some hawthorne, oak and hazel. After I clear the fallen trees from on top of Moose Hill, I'm going to plant a semicircle of Sugar Maples up there, so that they'll be nearby and easy to tap for maple sap (after they grow for a bit...), and also so their flame-like fall colors will be visible from the house, the barn and the spot in the woods where I'm planning to put a yurt and/or a log cabin. Tree planting and landscaping give me hope -- it's planning for the future, imagining what things will look like in 5, 10, 50, 100 years, long after I'll be here to see it. I find that kind of next-generation planning feeds me, makes the issues of today seem a little less sharp and thorny.
Special thanks todraiguisge -- I try to learn quick, but sure it is that it helps to have someone here with the experience of having done this stuff a lot before...
Amy and Kelly, tree planting #1
Tree planting #2
Me and a big toy, digging some holes
Digging myself in deeper
Fun with my new chainsaw
draiguisge and threefrognight takin' a break
Yet another hole (soon to be yet another tree!)
If you want to join in the fun, ya don't need a backhoe, or even a chainsaw -- here's a good primer from the Urban Tree Foundation on planting trees in urban areas: Planting Landscape Trees
draiguisge and threefrognight, and of course Lovely Housemate lylythe_strega. After a couple of drippy days, we actually got to tree-planting on Friday -- black walnut, white ash, rowan, and wild plum. Today if I get a moment, I'll put in some hawthorne, oak and hazel. After I clear the fallen trees from on top of Moose Hill, I'm going to plant a semicircle of Sugar Maples up there, so that they'll be nearby and easy to tap for maple sap (after they grow for a bit...), and also so their flame-like fall colors will be visible from the house, the barn and the spot in the woods where I'm planning to put a yurt and/or a log cabin. Tree planting and landscaping give me hope -- it's planning for the future, imagining what things will look like in 5, 10, 50, 100 years, long after I'll be here to see it. I find that kind of next-generation planning feeds me, makes the issues of today seem a little less sharp and thorny.Special thanks to
draiguisge -- I try to learn quick, but sure it is that it helps to have someone here with the experience of having done this stuff a lot before...Amy and Kelly, tree planting #1
Tree planting #2
Me and a big toy, digging some holes
Digging myself in deeper
Fun with my new chainsaw
draiguisge and threefrognight takin' a breakYet another hole (soon to be yet another tree!)
If you want to join in the fun, ya don't need a backhoe, or even a chainsaw -- here's a good primer from the Urban Tree Foundation on planting trees in urban areas: Planting Landscape Trees
