Planting trees is actually pretty easy. Well, it’s hard work but it’s doable and it feels so darned satisfying and good to have done it. I plant trees with New York Restoration Project as part of Million Trees NYC–the goal is to plant 1 million trees by the year 2017!
Here is a step by step account of a little tree I planted. NYRP does the smart work of figuring out what kind to plant where. This is a pear tree on a sunny hillside at a housing development in Queens.
The soon-to-be planted tree.
Next step: dig a hole!
Dig a little deeper.
Notice the worms. Worms are awesome.
Put the tree in the hole (after removing it from the plastic pot).
Fill in the hole. We have a planted tree!
Add some mulch to protect from weeds and help retain water and to look pretty.
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Hmmm, someone seems to have been reading Eloise again. And yes worms are awesome as long as they are in the ground and not elsewhere!
I can’t imagine where else one might find worms.
Well, as for me, I don’t want to imagine where else one might find worms. *shudder*
And “worms are awesome”, that’s the coolest thing I’ve heard in a very long time.
The project is very cool, too.
Maya, you are INSPIRING! I am going to go plant a tree… soon. (Not today. I can’t today. But everyday should be earth day, right?)
Yes, EVERYDAY should be…is…Earth Day. Every tree counts, no matter when you plant it
And I should mention that this took about 30 minutes. Not long at all.
Nice job, Maya! Thanks for helping out NYRP. I’ve got some stuff you could plant at home, too…:-)