Planting Trees

March 31, 2010
L^3
2:20-5:00

Last Wednesday we had the privilege of planting trees at Lubbock Lake Landmark. There were around 22 trees but because of our time limit we were not able to plant all of them and will hopefully be able to plant the rest this coming Wednesday. The Girls' Team and Nick planted 4 trees. :) All of the trees we planted seemed to be in a different soil composition. One was extremely rocky, one was regular soil underneath grass, one was semi rocky, and the other was very rich (I'm assuming it was because it was located where a burn pile had been). After we had dug the hole big enough to accommodate the roots we would fill the hole back up with dirt and then create a rain ring around the tree so that whenever it rained, the trees could get as much of the water as possible. Once they were planted and the ring formed, we would soak the ground with water; we were told that no matter what kind of tree or shrub or bush it is, for the first year, they should be watered diligently. The trees we planted were Soapberrys and Hackberrys. According to thearborday.com the Soapberry is very well suited to Lubbock; it tolerates wind, drought, and infertile soils easily and is also native to this region. The Hackberry is also native and can exist in a wide variety of soils and temperatures. The Landmark definitely did their research with these two trees and I hope that 20 years from now I can come back to the L^3 and see these trees in their full glory.