Bowsnbucks
5 year old buck +
Just a thought for those that get their kids involved and interested in planting trees & shrubs - remind them of what they accomplished. Smiles and looks of pride in achievement will creep onto their faces when you point out how the trees they helped plant have grown. Kids tend to forget such things, but when reminded, they light up.
My oldest son forgot that he helped me ( greatly ) plant a batch of Norway spruce that now shield our property from a mountain road. He was 6 years old at the time. He tucked the seedlings in and watered them as I made holes & set the seedlings beside them. These spruce were planted after the area was logged. Those trees are now 20 to 25 ft. tall, and are now a bedding / thermal cover area. While in there with me a few years ago, he wondered aloud how those spruce got there - no other spruce in the area. I told him he helped plant them when he was 6, and the smile came immediately. I described the whole process we went through, and then he started to recall working our way along a skid road - planting & watering. The smile got bigger.
So remind your kids now and again when you notice the growth on some of your plantings they helped with. Watch them " puff up ". Positive reinforcement is a good seed to plant.
My oldest son forgot that he helped me ( greatly ) plant a batch of Norway spruce that now shield our property from a mountain road. He was 6 years old at the time. He tucked the seedlings in and watered them as I made holes & set the seedlings beside them. These spruce were planted after the area was logged. Those trees are now 20 to 25 ft. tall, and are now a bedding / thermal cover area. While in there with me a few years ago, he wondered aloud how those spruce got there - no other spruce in the area. I told him he helped plant them when he was 6, and the smile came immediately. I described the whole process we went through, and then he started to recall working our way along a skid road - planting & watering. The smile got bigger.
So remind your kids now and again when you notice the growth on some of your plantings they helped with. Watch them " puff up ". Positive reinforcement is a good seed to plant.