Planting Virginia White Pines( and other wildlife species) at ECC!

Today we continued the tree planting project! We have very few trees on the farm, which is kind of a dream come true for graziers who want to graze grass! However, I’m a lover of trees and feel the need for some wildlife shelter areas on the farm. I will also be planting persimmons, crap apple, Bartlett pear, American Elderberry and button bush. All of these plants are native to this area and will provide wind breaks, privacy, food for pollinators and wildlife, shelter and medicine for my home apothecary!

[@SvenGreenHill2174]

Cool. 🙂👍
(natural shade is great 🏞️👌)
These last couple of years I've been transplanting maple tree saplings to provide shade trees for sheep.
(with maple saplings i have to keep the root flare/crown above dirt level, so it can breathe/not rot)
(the cardboard looked interesting, I've used wool as mulch for the first year)

[@embercattle]

Very cool! How has using wool as mulch worked out?

[@SvenGreenHill2174]

@@embercattle Wool worked well for the first year.
I added wool for a second year, but during the 2nd winter, 2 trees got partially girdled by mice.
So I'm thinking maybe skip wool during the 2nd year.
(Side note: grass gets a nice dark green from rotting wool)