White Pine, Hemlock, Fraser Fir Trees planted in May, 2021

The world is ours. Don’t ask why, but what can we do? Order 300 Christmas Trees to plant . Do you know where the phrase, “bit off more than you can chew,” originated?” Falconry. A rabbit will keep a bird of prey full for two weeks. 

Only 200 evergreens were delivered. We were happy about Linville River Nursery’s mistake, because it took longer than You-tube suggested, which was one tree a minute with a garden auger attached to a battery operated drill. It has taken a martial arts black belt to plant 200 plugs over six days, adding fresh topsoil to fill in the gaps around the tree.

Then, at ten o’clock Thursday night, the driveway door bell rang. It was a big brown UPS truck delivering the remaining box of 100 saplings. Plan B – shovel. 

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