History prior to July 2009

I decided to start this blog to chronicle our Serenity Farm activities and provide a history of what we have done there (and to learn about and experiment with blogging). Since we bought the farm in October 2003, I've missed almost six years of activity. And since blogs seem to be posted in inverse chronological order, I thought I would create this entry which I could edit and add the most significant historical farm activities to over time. This should have been my first post. Anyway, I hope to revise this entry -- ha, like I will have time to do so!

Trees Planted

• 2006 Approximately 1300 hybrid loblolly pines in the small field behind the pond and behind the ridge extending up the hill from the pond. Most were mowed down in the all due to a mis communication with my brush hogger, Larry Hodge.
• 2007 100 black walnut in various locations that hopefully wouldn't get mowed and 100 native pecans along the streams and the fence row above the road paralleling the stream.
• 2008 100 northern red oaks in the small field across the creek above the pond, and one at the house.
• 2009 500 hybrid loblolly pines trying to fill in where the originals got mowed.
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  May '09 Planted an oak (unknown type) behind the house to one day provide shade there. It was provided bare root by the Forestry Commission during the city's tree give away.