I got 2 little potted Christmas trees I bought last fall, not sure if they are spruce or an arborvitae or exactly what they are, and a 5ft aspen that I need to get in the ground soon. Having a hard time figuring out where to put them as I have a huge backyard overhaul going on and to many power lines to avoid. I have a dying spruce in the front yard so I might push it over and put the aspen there.
I like cutting trees, but also like planting them and watching them grow too. I planted about 110 green giant arborvitae's (wind break) 2 red maples, 1 royal red maple, 1 burr oak, 1 big leaf maple, 3 sugar maples, 1 hop hornbeam, 2 London plane trees, 1 sycamore, 1 bald cypress, 2 autumn blaze maples 1 river birch, 3 pear trees, 2 apple trees, 2 cherry trees, 1 paw paw tree. Also transplanted 8 silver maples, 3 catalpas, 2 black walnuts, and 5 eastern red cedars.
I've planted several over the years... Several thousand... I got started in Cub Scouts planting trees. There was an empty lot behind the Church that sponsored our Pack. Dad was an assitant Boy Scout Troop leader and we planted several dozen pine trees in that lot as a wind break for the Church. I planted dozens of Pin Oak in a neighbor's field that he was wanting to let go back to nature. They were just sprouting back in our woods and I thought it was pretty cool to see them take off and grow. That area is a regular forest now. My sister and BiL bought 5 acres of a farm field when I was in jr. high and they planned to build there in a couple years and Larry and I transplanted dozens of Sugar Maple from Dad's woods and they bought dozens of various pine saplings and we planted those. That was almost 50 years ago and their lot is awesome today with tons of mature trees. I've always loved trees and watching them grow. Every house we've ever lived in I have planted trees, even when we lived in town for 5 years we planted several pine along the drive for privacy and a wind break. Across the back of the lot too. Last couple houses at least a hundred pine trees each. Then last year... Clearing for Walnut planting I've been looking for the elusive Stihl sawseeds... I like to cut trees down so I figure I better keep planting for the future.
Ok, this is completely off topic but do you say the word "thuja" I've always heard them called green giant arborvitae's. I've never heard anyone pronounce that word, seen it written many times tho. I'm just wondering if its a geographical thing.
I've been fortunate enough to live in a great society so this is one of the ways I try to pay it forward.
Lol. I usually just say "green giant" or aborvitae. I only said thuja for the post. I didn't how many would know what I meant if I just said green giant.
Today I transplanted 2 small Black Locust saplings along the sunny fence line of my property. I also took down several smaller Norway Maples in the same area which were both shading my pool and spreading out of control, overtaking the woods adjacent to my property. It's funny how I can tolerate planting a technically invasive thorny Locust but despise the Norway Maple. At any rate, these Locusts are the first trees that I myself have planted on the property. Previous owners planted some Rose of Sharon, an ornamental Cherry and the Norway Maple. I'm hoping to plant a Beech tree later this year, and once I take down a couple trees near my house it'll be sunny enough to try growing some fruit trees. I'm thinking maybe an apple tree and a plum tree.
I found a couple prime candidates that took hold under a red oak in my front yard. When they go dormant later on in the fall I’ll move them to my side yard where they’ll have plenty of sun to really help them reach skyward. Some kind of hickories, and I’m not 100% sure they’re the same variety. Either way I think they’ll make nice yard trees and provide plenty of mast for foraging animals. Edit: definitely two separate varieties. One has 5 leaves per branch and the other has 7. .
Nice! Free trees is a good thing. Squirrels get all the hickory nuts here before they hit the ground. Looks like a nice oak at the bottom of picture 1. I keep thinking of tagging possible saplings this summer for spring transplanting. Easy to ID this time of year.
I planted 10's of thousands of trees when I worked at a nursery. I can cut down as many trees as I want. I have planted some fruit trees, a few conifers for windbreak, and a couple ornamentals on this property. Trying to keep it limited for mowing and leaf removal purposes.
I've planted about 20 trees and shrubs on our 3/4 acre lot since we moved here 19 years ago. This is a great thread. I will take photos and post.
We just planted 1200 trees at work this year. We are taking down most of the trees in our yard this year for a turn around driveway and our apple trees are not doing well, but next year the plan is to plant trees in other parts of the yard to replace what we lost and took down.
3 pears and 1 apple are hanging in there so far. Tough conditions for fruit trees here, but the most mature pear has 9 little pears on it this year. Yes, it's exciting for me.
If anything, I'll be planting some apple trees. I have a gallon zip lock bag of shagbark hickory nuts that are going in the ground but have no hopes in their success.
