What a privilege!

Does a boy get a chance to whitewash a fence every day?”

- Tom Sawyer

Look what got to delivered to our doorstep. No, they are not body bags. They are tree bags!

In them are 10 each of Kentucky Cofeetrees, Eastern Redbuds, Chinese Chestnuts, Shellbark Hickories, Shagbark Hickories, Will Oaks, Red Shumard Oaks, Pecans, Blackgums, Flowering Dogwoods, Pawpaws, Persimmons, Wild Plum, Sassafras, River Birches, Yellow-Poplar and 100 Black Walnuts.

Through the Kentucky Department of Forestry, we ordered 250 seedlings. That's a lot of little trees to plant. Over the next week Ed and I will be out digging holes, placing the seedling roots in them, filling with dirt and tamping them down. Then we will mark them with orange tape. I can never tell if this is helpful to us or if just causes the deer and rabbits to take a second look and a nibble.

Like Tom Sawyer, I can promise that planting trees is as much of a privilege as whitewashing a board fence. Let me know if you want to give it a try.