Sixty Trees

Every year the Colorado Forest Service offers tree seedlings to landowners to create windbreaks and reduce erosion. To qualify, you must own at least 2 acres (we own five!). You have to purchase a minimum of 30 seedlings ($48) of each type of tree you want. This year, we bought sixty trees, 30 Colorado Blue Spruce and 30 Narrow Leaf Cottonwood. They've been sitting in our garage for almost a month because the temperatures at night are still getting below freezing. We decided to plant today and hope that the worst of the spring weather is over.

We were NOT looking forward to digging sixty holes. We were relieved to learn that a friend owns a gas powered post hole digger, making the job so much easier.

THANKS Weinmeisters!

Colorado Blue Spruce

Narrow Leaf Cottonwood

So, we're doing our part to green up the environment and hopefully create a decent windbreak for our property. We're keeping our fingers crossed that these seedlings will take root and actually grow into trees. Our main job this summer will be to make sure that they get lots of water and TLC (and hope that we don't run them over with the mower).