This afternoon Mark and I went to check out the trees that were planted on 2 acres of our property. Right now, they look like thin sticks, some with bright orange plastic tape tied to them to mark their location. Cypress in the wettest places, nuttall oak and other hardwoods in the “dry” places (which were extremely muddy, and the soil has a high clay content, which equals sticky). About 530 baby trees were planted today. The hope is that more than 50% survive.It will take about 10 years to see much progress in the hardwoods, …

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