Glastonbury Partners in Planting: Town Tree Nursery planting 4-9-2004

Glastonbury Partners in Planting Inc.
Qui Transtulit Sustinet: He who transplanted still sustains

Planting on Good Friday, April 9, 2004

On Friday April 9th, ten members of Partners in Planting met at the Town tree nursery to plant sixty five newly arrived trees. The trees came bare-root, packed in boxes from a wholesale nursery. Included were Kwanzan, Okame and Sargent ornamental Cherries, Capitol and Aristocrat flowering Pears, Sugar Maples, Soft “Red Sunset” Maples, Pin Oaks, Ash, Purple Leaf Plum, and Tulip trees.

These sixty five newcomers join last year’s survivors. Extreme cold damaged many of last year’s trees while they were in transit from the wholesaler, and most did not survive. This year’s trees arrived in much better condition, and at a more appropriate time (early April instead of early March).

Later this month we will add ten new Valley Forge Elms to the nursery. Valley Forge is a Dutch Elm disease-resistant variety of the American Elm. GPiP volunteers will drive to Acton Mass. to pick up the trees.

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	Digging holes in the freshly tilled soil
	Adding leaf compost to the bottom of the hole
	Filling in
	Lining out a new row of trees
	More compost for trees waiting to be planted
	Pruning the roots of a bare-root tree: pruning encourages root branching and growth
	Composted leaves are a valuable natural fertilizer
	A group of bare-root trees ready for planting
	These trees will be planted 10' apart so they will have room to grow
	The volunteers, ready to plant the last tree -- number 65!