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Got about a dozen good sized red maples and a few crooked black cherries dropped today. Then the snow rolled in and the wind picked up. I need 1 more good weekend and I'll be good.

This looks great! Looks like deer habitat! I have a state forrester putting in about 8-1/2 acres of a riparean zone with trees and shrubs this spring. I'm going to supplement another 3 acres similar to what you did. This area is currently a crop field. Deer love it until it gets cut, then...

I have a couple Buckman in the ground. Hope they end up like yours!

Thanks guys! Water in my pole barn and garage freezes. I may try moving them out and bring them back in it the temps drop too much.

I have some potted oaks that I'm attempting to over-winter. Currently, they're in my basement which is about 55 degrees. My concern is chilling hours. Am I going to have problems getting them to wake up? I'd put them back out, but i worry about the roots freezing. Which is worse?

They'll hit it at some point.

That's the project for the next couple weekends. Dropping a few trees here and there for firewood and releasing others.

Just a quick update: everything is working very well now. Thanks to John and extremely fast customer service getting the new camera to me.

Definitely harder, plus then you're dropping them with dead limbs. Doesn't sound like a good way to do it. I don't leave my wood laying on the ground.

Same here. Trees too big to deal with and have no firewood value get girdled. Eventually, I hope they provide nesting cavities for critters. I girdled some large yellow (tulip) poplar to release my red & black oaks. They probably would have damaged more than helped if I dropped them.

How about mixing ground cayenne in the paint?

The only time I've had vole issues is when I've let grass get too close to the root zone, or when I had fruit trees in tubes. I love tree tubes, but only for oaks. I don't mulch my trees, but being so close to lake erie, I rarely have the drought issues that others do. Sounds like a great...

When did they start producing acorns?

I bought Bebbs and Steudel here: https://bolutrees.com/products/bebbs-oak Schuette's here, but looks like they're sold out. https://www.nativnurseries.com/collections/hybrid-and-specialty-oaks/products/schuettes-oak-tree-quercus-x-schuetteii-seedlings-for-sale

Yes, Concordia. I got some from Mozark, too, which look nice. Concordia isn't a super fast grower for me so far, but I think they'll be fine. Schuette's and Bebbs are stellar.