Trees!

We have been sprucing up our yard the last few weeks now that the weather has warmed up a bit. We burnt the ditches along the creek in our yard, put up the beautiful mailbox Nick and Beth gave us for Christmas, and planted some trees to start a wind block on the north side of our property. Dad and Mom Evenhouse drove up to join us on our trip to Clarence, IA to pick up our trees. We decided on willows for the outside row (the row that gets the wind first) because they grow 8 feet a year, so we should have a bit of a block by next winter already. The middle row is Norway spruce which grow pretty thick and do a great job of stopping wind. The closest row is Canaan Fir which are beautiful and also stop wind quite well! I can’t wait to watch these trees grow over the years and am excited to be warmer in the winter too!




Planting the trees! Thanks for helping Mom and Dad!


The willows just come in a bundle of cuttings. You have to put the sticks in water for 7 to 10 days to let them start to grow some roots and then we will plant them this weekend or next week.


Kendall and I help by straightening rows, cheering everyone along, and trying to stay warm :)