Grounded

 

We spent all yesterday out in the woods planting trees. My four baby loblollys are in the ground. We'll be planting the two magnolias today since we ran out of steam after digging those four holes and dragging bags of top soil and garden hoses all over the place.

I read on the Colorado Department of Agriculture page that they protect their young pines by stapling copy paper protectors around the top. They employ lots of volunteers every year to do this out in their forests. The idea is that the deer will eat the bottom branches but leave the covered ones alone and as long as the tops are intact the trees will live. We'll see. Just as we were finishing up, one of the biggest herds of young deer I've ever seen here made its way across the creek and through the woods. I hope they weren't looking for a snack. 

I was so tired that no crafty things were happening here for the rest of the day but I did want to share this starter cozy my sister made for her sourdough starter that she calls Louisa. It's a very deep rabbit hole, people and it doesn't seem to have a bottom.