I love trees. When we bought Wagmore, the property had some great trees. Unfortunately, many of these great trees were planted very close to the house. Big trees close to the house = bad. Still, it was hard for The Husband and I when we had to take down those trees.
Then My Dad mentioned to me that the Washington state foresters association has a seedling sale every year. I was in! I placed my order with My Dad, and sent him some cash. Apparently, the seedling sale is rather like Black Friday deals, with seedlings going fast, so My Dad went early in the morning, and was one of the first in line.
All the trees I wanted were available, so we ended up with 42 baby trees. I only ordered 40, but since we were buying so many, they threw in 2 extras. So nice! My Dad came home with 3 different types of cedars, fir trees, hemlocks, 2 ginkos, and 3 giant sequoias.
Since the trees were tiny, My Dad planted them on the property, in the area that was formerly the garden, and watered them over the summer when things got too dry. (HUGE thanks to My Dad for all he's done for our baby trees!)
Now that the baby trees are starting to grow, it's time to think about where we'll put them. Our plan is to put them in their permanent homes in late-April or May.
I spent some time yesterday thinking about the property, and learning about what type of environment each of the babies like.
Here's my draft tree plan:
The screen trees will be 2 of the types of cedars (deodar and incense) plus some older, fast-growing trees that we'll buy from a nursery and mix in. I want the screens to look natural, not just a long line of trees.
The choice of the screen location in the front of the property is to screen a rather junky barn, bus(?), etc. that our neighbors have.
On the side of the property the screen will be "preemptive." The next door 20 acres is for sale. Right now zoned for one house, but you never know.
In the back of the property the screen will be used to block the view of a giant house on the property behind ours.
The other trees will be used to fill in an area that already has some trees. I want it to be more of a forest -- with room for a galloping lane running through it, of course.
Then My Dad mentioned to me that the Washington state foresters association has a seedling sale every year. I was in! I placed my order with My Dad, and sent him some cash. Apparently, the seedling sale is rather like Black Friday deals, with seedlings going fast, so My Dad went early in the morning, and was one of the first in line.
All the trees I wanted were available, so we ended up with 42 baby trees. I only ordered 40, but since we were buying so many, they threw in 2 extras. So nice! My Dad came home with 3 different types of cedars, fir trees, hemlocks, 2 ginkos, and 3 giant sequoias.
Since the trees were tiny, My Dad planted them on the property, in the area that was formerly the garden, and watered them over the summer when things got too dry. (HUGE thanks to My Dad for all he's done for our baby trees!)
The Tree Nursery. Hello, babies!
Hemlock.
These are the smallest of all the baby trees.
Cedar - can't remember which type.
Baby fir tree.
Now that the baby trees are starting to grow, it's time to think about where we'll put them. Our plan is to put them in their permanent homes in late-April or May.
I spent some time yesterday thinking about the property, and learning about what type of environment each of the babies like.
Here's my draft tree plan:
The screen trees will be 2 of the types of cedars (deodar and incense) plus some older, fast-growing trees that we'll buy from a nursery and mix in. I want the screens to look natural, not just a long line of trees.
The choice of the screen location in the front of the property is to screen a rather junky barn, bus(?), etc. that our neighbors have.
On the side of the property the screen will be "preemptive." The next door 20 acres is for sale. Right now zoned for one house, but you never know.
In the back of the property the screen will be used to block the view of a giant house on the property behind ours.
The other trees will be used to fill in an area that already has some trees. I want it to be more of a forest -- with room for a galloping lane running through it, of course.
Here's a view of the forest as it is now.
All deciduous trees, and needs to be thicker to be
a real NW forest.
I'll do a post when we do our planting. Oh, and if any of you in the SWWA area want to help, just let me know!
Your place will be so beautiful when all the plans come together. Did you think about buying the neighboring 20 acres? Then you don't have to worry about what is built there.
ReplyDeletePenni - We did think about buying the property next door, but it's out of our reach financially -- priced more like 20 acres you can subdivide and put 4 homes on. We looked into buying the 5 acres closest to ours, but the county won't allow that sort of split. So screen trees it is!
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