Monday, May 7, 2012

Planting our Second Apple Tree by Kimberly


In this post Kimberly is going to explain how we planted our second tree in the new Village School Orchard!




Chris, Susie, Toby, and I took turns digging a hole for the second tree of our orchard.  (right)




Umm, I have no idea what I was doing – but Chris and Toby were topping the soil around the tree with mulch.  You do this after you backfill the soil into the hole around the tree because mulch attracts sunlight, since it’s dark in color, to keep the tree warm during cold weather. (left)

Here I am, as happy as a clam, watering the tree.


This is our finished, mulched tree.  Thanks to my awesome watering skills, the tree will have plenty of water over the weekend, as well as plenty of mulch to keep it warm over the cold weekend, thanks to Toby and Chris. (below)








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