Trees

It continued to rain and hail at intervals all night long. The rain is actually welcome because it helps to keep our little trees alive. Coming from a property that had no trees, I am very excited to actually own my own trees now! All the trees here were planted in a previously treeless grassland, so they need human intervention in the form of watering in order to thrive. The little ones are especially vulnerable, and we have found a number of dead aspens still being watered by the automatic sprinkler line. Whether they were not rooted well enough, or lacked water in a previous year, or never revived after the winter, we will never know. I counted the survivors, and we have eleven living aspen trees on the property. There are a lot more evergreens, so I have not counted all of them yet. I am looking forward to seeing the aspens change color this fall.