Treenut's Forest Notes for 2026

July 2, 2026 Somewhere near Centuria, Wisconsin USA

I took 100 of my new seedlings to our farm as a proof of concept. I needed to find clear space to plant and I needed to mow the weeds and plow a furrow. I haven't done this for many years and I needed to make sure all the pieces fit.

Fired up plow rig after years in storage.

Everythig worked perfectly. I was glad that I'd greased the plow shares before storing.
I feared the mowed weeds would plug the plow but the coulter sliced through everything and the soil was perfect for plowing.
The evening after I finished putting in all 100 Spruce, it rained buckets.
PERFECT!

Perfect soil condition for cutting cores.

My home-made corer worked great. The process went like this:

• Drive probe (avoid rocks)
• Life out core (knock out of probe)
• Fill hole with water (dilute 'miracle grow')
• Gently knock rootball out of pot
• Drop in hole
• Gently heel in