We planted 25 burr oak trees back in late april. Before I could get tree tubes on them the rain came and they got covered in water for a few weeks. I figured I had just wasted $30 but much to my surprise I found they were growing branches and leaves and a few appear to be doing great where the water wasn't as deep. So we got some tree tubes and have the trees protected now. We found 15 that appeared to still be growing. The whole family helped.
One of my next projects is restoring native grass to about 15 acres to give ground nesting birds better habitat. I am also working on thinning and removing the locust and hedge that they previous owner just allowed to take over.
