Trees = planted

In the past 48 hours, I have planted or transplanted a total of 13 trees. Cool, huh? Step one was to transplant the crabapple tree from the back of our property to the front. This was the most difficult job, as the tree is about 7' tall. It's a nice tree, but the previous owners of our home had planted it right where it would eventually shade out the garden. I couldn't have that, so I moved it to the north end of the property. Assuming I did not kill it, problem solved!

The other 12 trees (well, 10 trees and 2 shrubs) were all obtained from the Arbor Day Foundation. Yeah, that's right. I donated money to the Arbor Day foundation. What did I get out of it? 1. A tax write off (woo, $25 bucks). 2. 10 trees and 2 shrubs. They came in the mail this week. Let me repeat this. I received 10 trees and 2 shrubs IN THE MAIL. That either means that I have brought abuse upon our femail man, or the trees were tiny. That's right. Tiny trees. Twigs with roots.

The two shrubs are Lilac bushes (well, twigs) that I planted between our fruit trees (that are flowering nicely). The 10 trees consist of 2 White Flowering Dogwoods (both planted at our house - one in front, one in back), 2 American Redbud (both, now, at my sister's house), 2 Golden Raintree trees (one at Dea's, one at Katie's 'rents' house), 2 Washington Hawthornes (both at Katie's 'rents'), and 2 crabapples (one at Katie's 'rents' and one back beyond our back fence). I am proud of myself, but I am tired of digging for a while.