Week 1

Week one we got things started off by planting rows of trees to be harvested in the coming years. They were rows of betulaceae, both paper birch and yellow birch. First we had to drive the holes about 8 inches apart. Then we planted the trees from their tubes, dig and repeat until the entire row was finished. This was very tiring work, but after all was said and done it felt very rewarding, like we were making something better for the future.

Here's a fun story, Katie was hiking up Mount Mansfield and hear a bird she couldn't identify. She whistled the call to us hoping we might be able to identify it. We couldn't identify it but there was a mocking bird hiding in the bushes and repeated the song right back to us.

-Rachel