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ellyssianOur first order from Musser Forests arrived yesterday - the plants looked great, very well developed root structures, immensely huge size. Price was comparable to our former bare-root-tree vendor, but the Canadian hemlock were about 10 times the size, and one of the 1-3' sycamore was 7' tall (the others were *only* in the 4-5' range!)
We've got them wrapped in wet paper to keep the roots moist, and will be planting tonight when I get home from work.
Last night, I brought two more barrowfuls of mulch up to the foundation - one more and the utilities wall will be done. The front porch, garage front, school room-kitchen, family room, and garage wall already have almost compelte coverage from last year - still have to do the family room-garage corner and the school room-utility wall corners and along the sides of the deck. We'll use a little for the non-foundation plantings later today and save some for when the Forest Farm order gets here next week, and then the rest can be used to bulk up the existing areas. I'm really cheating on mulch depth - 4" is the recommended level, but I've got it closer to a 1-2" depth, although the utilites wall has a "padding" layer of last year's leaves. Kind of makes for a springy, crinkly walking surface.
We've got them wrapped in wet paper to keep the roots moist, and will be planting tonight when I get home from work.
Last night, I brought two more barrowfuls of mulch up to the foundation - one more and the utilities wall will be done. The front porch, garage front, school room-kitchen, family room, and garage wall already have almost compelte coverage from last year - still have to do the family room-garage corner and the school room-utility wall corners and along the sides of the deck. We'll use a little for the non-foundation plantings later today and save some for when the Forest Farm order gets here next week, and then the rest can be used to bulk up the existing areas. I'm really cheating on mulch depth - 4" is the recommended level, but I've got it closer to a 1-2" depth, although the utilites wall has a "padding" layer of last year's leaves. Kind of makes for a springy, crinkly walking surface.
