Trees

So here is what The Farmer had to do to get the trees in.

First off he tilled up the rows. Then he measured out the spacing for the trees. Then the digging began.

Man I would be sore having to look back like that the whole time, and I think he was though he didn't really say or complain about it at all.

eeek watch out don't let the tractor get you

Here is an up close look at the auger doing its thing.

"I'm a God fearin', hard workin' combine tractor driver; hoggin' up the road field in the p-p-plower t-t-tractor; chug-a-lug-a-luggin' 5 miles an hour"

name that song


You want to make sure you don't fall in those deep holes.


The trees first sit in this fertilizer stuff. I have to call it stuff because, well I don't know what its called.

The Farmer then goes along dropping the little trees in the holes.

He is followed by the guys we hired for the day who plant the trees.

And the trees are in, we got them all in the ground in one day. (Remember we is used loosely). Thanks Greg for helping too.


Next up is "head off" the trees. What proved to be the hard part with this was it needed to be dry. And well it hasn't exactly been dry. The forecast finally looked dry this past Friday so The Farmer got busy, took him about two and half hours (which is a lot quicker then I thought it would be). Heading off the trees entails cutting them down to all the same height and stripping them of all but 4-6 buds. Those buds will be the main branches. So now we have little stubs of trees.