JUST A LITTLE SUNSHINE PLEASE! 😎..............NORTHWEST ADVENTURES! 😀

in actifit •  8 months ago 

Just a little sunshine, please!😎
“ Liz I checked the weather for today…….NO rain! “☺️
“ You better check again Silvertop, it’s going to rain all day! “ 🥰
That’s not good, today is the day I pick up my last nineteen Shore Pine seedlings!😮
Liz turned on the windshield wipers, as the rain continued, and we drove to town……
This last lot of Pine trees were delayed a Month because the field they were planted in was too wet to dig.
Sounds like today honey!😅
The Lady handed me the trees and said……………
“ Perfect weather Silvertop, for planting trees! “🤗
Hmmm………………🤔😅
Planting in the rain, wearing a raincoat, didn’t sound like much fun ……….🙄
Only nineteen Pine trees, I’ll put them in the “Tree nursery”, and then on another day, when the weather is better, Silvertop will replant!😇
I was hoping for taller trees, but when I unwrapped them from the wet newspaper, I was pleasantly surprised at the root system on these trees!
They are extremely healthy trees!
Shore Pines do very well in the Pacific Northwest!🤗
They remind me of a shorter ponderosa pine tree, and and can grow 40 to 50 feet tall.
This planting and harvesting cycle continues across the Northwest.
Take a look at the third to last photo……….
These are newly delivered logs at the Great Western Lumber mill.
On one hand, it’s a shame they cut down these very large trees……….
Then Silvertop stops at our local Home Depot and loads up lumber for my shed I am building.
Silvertop wasn’t alone planting in the rain today!😅
Hundreds of other people were also outside in the rain replanting trees!
These pine trees, will grow 18 to 24 inches each year, our “Liquid Sunshine” will help produce tall new forests!😊
The Home Depot garden center was busy as well today…………..
“ Perinnials………that’s my kind of plant Liz, one that comes back year after year……..
like my Shore Pines honey! “ 😇
As I planted the very last Pine tree, the rain stopped Lol!☺️
Well at least Silvertop wasn’t alone, I hope all my fellow tree planters had rain coats Lol!😅
“ Rain tomorrow honey? “
“ Hmmm…..You better keep your raincoat close by Silvertop! “ 🥰
Till then …..Silvertop Mike 😊

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  ·  8 months ago  ·   (edited)

Awesome.

I planted 2’ White Pine Seedlings about 10 years ago ….

They will grow 2’- to 4’ each year and can reach over 100 ’ tall.

I planted 10 of these and within 5 years they were over 10 ’ tall. I learned how to prune the new candles each year and maintain a 10 ’ White Pine Hedge.

It was an experiment … they probably would prefer to grow to 100 ’ but our neighbors might not be too happy when the branches start falling off .

  ·  8 months ago  ·  

White pines are one of my favorite trees!
It’s been a while since I’ve needed to prune the Candles, most are Fully matured now.
I look forward to these trees growing on my 5 acres of forest!🤗

Yes. I love the smell of Pine… needles and mulch. They are great to keep the weeds out. Very acidic. The Blueberry plants also love the acidic soil so they are a great planting pear. White pines + Blueberries.

This is my garden now ….

8 best plants for acidic soil :

Wild azalea (Rhododendron canescens) ...
Highbush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum) ...
Evergreen magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora) ...
White dogwood (Cornus alba) ...
Gardenia (Gardenia jasminoides) ...
Wax begonia (Begonia semperflorens) ...
Nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus) ...
Japanese Pieris (Pieris japonica)

  ·  8 months ago  ·  

Very good to know!
I knew about the blueberries, but not the other plants! Thanks for the info!!😀