That is what Laine yelled when James opened the back door to the trailer and she saw this...
"Daddy's saving the world!" ..yep, one tree at a time! heee! Ohhh.. my girl is so environmentally aware, she makes me proud! :)
James works in the oilfield industry, and they are putting a new pipeline in right now. When he was organizing the job and getting things going, he was told that there were some regeneration trees out there where they need to put the line in. In other words, a logging company had gone through years and years ago.. and planted new trees when they were done. Regeneration. So, these trees.. so beautiful, they look like they could have came from a tree farm! Spaced perfectly.. growing free and clear of anything that might compete for their water.. nice nice trees.
Since we have the room on our acreage... and since we have a bit of a soft spot for nature.. we are trying our hand at transplanting. 16 trees. 16 trees that otherwise would have been removed to make way for the line (nice huh? ..don't worry, they do their part to restore the environment when they are finished as well)... only a small portion, but I like to think that these ones will grow up big and strong!
16 new babies to take care of! hee heee! So far so good! That was our weekend in a nutshell. Hole digging and tree planting. And watering. Wish us luck!! If only saving 16 trees really did equal saving the world.. but to a 7 year old girl, it is a pretty big deal I guess. ;)
So very cool! Hooray for you folks!
Posted by: Pam Scroggin | July 07, 2009 at 07:13 PM
Saving 16 trees is a BIG DEAL! Way to go!
Posted by: playfulmeowz | July 07, 2009 at 08:07 AM
That is absolutely incredibly adorable :) hehe
Best of luck with the trees :)
Posted by: Lorelle | July 06, 2009 at 06:49 PM