{"id":1682,"date":"2021-05-04T13:54:24","date_gmt":"2021-05-04T13:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/@XRoad\/?p=1682"},"modified":"2021-05-05T14:00:42","modified_gmt":"2021-05-05T14:00:42","slug":"tree-planting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gemtactics.net\/@XRoad\/2021\/05\/04\/tree-planting\/","title":{"rendered":"Tree and bush planting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>My order from Fedco Trees arrived. There is urgency to get these bare-root trees planted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Ten raspberry canes &#8211; in the fruit yard<\/li><li>A New England aster, a witch hazel, and a spicebush &#8211; in pots for now<\/li><li>An American smokebush &#8211; in the yard in front of the rockpile<\/li><li>Five hazelnuts &#8211; in an arc with the crabapple in the center <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Finished with the first three and one hazelnut. We still have four hazelnuts to plant. It&#8217;s taking some time. Scraping the hole with the tractor. Removing the rocks. Replacing the soil (very sandy fill) and supplementing with leaf mulch to ensure the hole is full. Topping off with pieces of sod upside down. Thoroughly watering in. It&#8217;s satisfying to see them in the ground.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/gemtactics.net\/@XRoad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/img_2674.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1688\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gemtactics.net\/@XRoad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/img_2674.jpg 500w, https:\/\/gemtactics.net\/@XRoad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/img_2674-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption>Raspberry canes barely visible in front bed. Grapevines in background, chicken coop\/tool shed at right. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/gemtactics.net\/@XRoad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/img_2675.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1689\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gemtactics.net\/@XRoad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/img_2675.jpg 500w, https:\/\/gemtactics.net\/@XRoad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/img_2675-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption>New growth, Polana raspberry<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/gemtactics.net\/@XRoad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/img_2651.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1679\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gemtactics.net\/@XRoad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/img_2651.jpg 500w, https:\/\/gemtactics.net\/@XRoad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/img_2651-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption>Potted up. From left, witch hazel, spicebush, New England aster<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/gemtactics.net\/@XRoad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/img_2649.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gemtactics.net\/@XRoad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/img_2649.jpg 500w, https:\/\/gemtactics.net\/@XRoad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/img_2649-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption>Tractor really helps dig the hole. We learned the hole should be wider rather than deep. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/gemtactics.net\/@XRoad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/img_2650.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gemtactics.net\/@XRoad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/img_2650.jpg 500w, https:\/\/gemtactics.net\/@XRoad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/img_2650-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption>Sam putting final touches on the American smokebush. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/gemtactics.net\/@XRoad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/img_2652.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1681\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gemtactics.net\/@XRoad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/img_2652.jpg 500w, https:\/\/gemtactics.net\/@XRoad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/img_2652-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption>American hazelnut planted<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My order from Fedco Trees arrived. There is urgency to get these bare-root trees planted. Ten raspberry canes &#8211; in the fruit yard A New England aster, a witch hazel, and a spicebush &#8211; in pots for now An American smokebush &#8211; in the yard in front of the rockpile Five hazelnuts &#8211; in an&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/gemtactics.net\/@XRoad\/2021\/05\/04\/tree-planting\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tree and bush planting<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\" aria-hidden=\"true\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1680,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[162,137,163,35,164,166,165],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aster","category-hazelnut","category-native-plants","category-raspberries","category-smokebush","category-spicebush","category-witch-hazel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gemtactics.net\/@XRoad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gemtactics.net\/@XRoad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gemtactics.net\/@XRoad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gemtactics.net\/@XRoad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gemtactics.net\/@XRoad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1682"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/gemtactics.net\/@XRoad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1699,"href":"https:\/\/gemtactics.net\/@XRoad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1682\/revisions\/1699"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gemtactics.net\/@XRoad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gemtactics.net\/@XRoad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gemtactics.net\/@XRoad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gemtactics.net\/@XRoad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}