Observaciones de ckjannabirds

1 of 30 balsam fir,
Abies balsamea,
planted 05/09/24, 
(2 planted 05/05/24), 
seedlings from NYS DEC,
shipped from Saratoga Tree Nursery 04/29/24, arrived here 04/30/24.
Box says “Mix 5” , Adirondack pack, (also red spruce, tamarack, red maple).
Morning of 05/03/24 I heeled in all seedlings into buckets with compost, watered them, put them shaded under back deck, to give us more time to plant them.

Planted in wide slit of native wet clay-y soil with some compost from Cayuga Compost ($31 /yd).

These balsam fir are plugs and very easy to plant. 
Used Bushpro Hi-baller spade (orange handle).

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Note: today May 9 overcast, cooler.
52-62 F temp. 0.28” rain forecast, starts evening. Winds 3.
This next week with 52-70 F days, nights 44-55F, total 2.34” of rain.

1 of 30 balsam fir,
Abies balsamea,
planted 05/09/24, 
(2 planted 05/05/24), 
seedlings from NYS DEC,
shipped from Saratoga Tree Nursery 04/29/24, arrived here 04/30/24.
Box says “Mix 5” , Adirondack pack, (also red spruce, tamarack, red maple).
Morning of 05/03/24 I heeled in all seedlings into buckets with compost, watered them, put them shaded under back deck, to give us more time to plant them.

Planted in wide slit of native wet clay-y soil with some compost from Cayuga Compost ($31 /yd).

These balsam fir are plugs and very easy to plant. 
Used Bushpro Hi-baller spade (orange handle).

.

Note: today May 9 overcast, cooler.
52-62 F temp. 0.28” rain forecast, starts evening. Winds 3.
This next week with 52-70 F days, nights 44-55F, total 2.34” of rain.

1 of 30 balsam fir,
Abies balsamea,
planted 05/09/24, 
(2 planted 05/05/24), 
seedlings from NYS DEC,
shipped from Saratoga Tree Nursery 04/29/24, arrived here 04/30/24.
Box says “Mix 5” , Adirondack pack, (also red spruce, tamarack, red maple).
Morning of 05/03/24 I heeled in all seedlings into buckets with compost, watered them, put them shaded under back deck, to give us more time to plant them.

Planted in wide slit of native wet clay-y soil with some compost from Cayuga Compost ($31 /yd).

These balsam fir are plugs and very easy to plant. 
Used Bushpro Hi-baller spade (orange handle).

.

Note: today May 9 overcast, cooler.
52-62 F temp. 0.28” rain forecast, starts evening. Winds 3.
This next week with 52-70 F days, nights 44-55F, total 2.34” of rain.

1 of 30 balsam fir,
Abies balsamea,
planted 05/09/24, 
(2 planted 05/05/24), 
seedlings from NYS DEC,
shipped from Saratoga Tree Nursery 04/29/24, arrived here 04/30/24.
Box says “Mix 5” , Adirondack pack, (also red spruce, tamarack, red maple).
Morning of 05/03/24 I heeled in all seedlings into buckets with compost, watered them, put them shaded under back deck, to give us more time to plant them.

Planted in wide slit of native wet clay-y soil with some compost from Cayuga Compost ($31 /yd).

These balsam fir are plugs and very easy to plant. 
Used Bushpro Hi-baller spade (orange handle).

.

Note: today May 9 overcast, cooler.
52-62 F temp. 0.28” rain forecast, starts evening. Winds 3.
This next week with 52-70 F days, nights 44-55F, total 2.34” of rain.