“Older Than Dirt Lol!” 🤣 It was another blustery day, as I headed out the door. This was to be day two of my Spring pine tree planting!😊 I checked in with Alexa to see what today’s weather forecast was ……………. “Silvertop, you can expect drizzle, and then showers!” That was the last thing I wanted to hear today………….. As my friend @thebighigg just mentioned today, the weather can change very quickly this time of year…… for better or worse Lol!😇 I was wheeling out my two wheelbarrows, expecting to get drenched, when the sun came out!😎 I checked my Solar electric production, and we were cranking!😊 Maybe, just maybe, this was an overnight rain shower……. could it possibly have stopped raining? Suddenly the day looked like it was go to be sunny!😎 I was really hoping this next row of trees would be easy digging………… First hole…………….. I stepped firmly on my shovel, it cut through an inch of dirt and STOPPED!😳 Yikes …….. this isn’t going to be fun at all Lol!🙄 Silvertop has been digging holes since I was a little boy!😇 In fact I remember telling my friend @silversaver888, that when I was about five years old, I had the bright idea that I was going to bury silver coins…… kind of like a treasure chest!☺️ The only problem is I buried these coins in a glass mason jar Lol! After several months, I went back to dig this up to check on my silver booty. I discovered the glass jar had

“Let’s Get Ready To Rumble!”😊 “Storm’s coming Silvertop!”😮 I quickly finished my chores this morning, I wanted to get outside and start planting my baby trees!🤗 Yesterday was pure sunshine, but the day was occupied …………… New summer tires were needed to be mounted for the Mrs Suzuki, and that was a first priority!😇 “Liz, I’m going to start planting our trees first thing Wednesday morning!”🥰 Did I just feel a raindrop?🤔 Ohh …No….how do they say it……….. “The best laid plans of Mice and Men!”🙄 The temperatures today weren’t behaving like Springtime weather………….. I laid up some kindling in the wood stove and struck a match…………… Burrr…..I think it’s getting colder!🥶 “Cot tomorrow is the Spring equinox my boy! Twice a year the Sun perfectly aligns with the equator! In the northern hemisphere, this marks the beginning of spring!”😻 Both Cot, and his brother Cyle, were sprawled out in front of the warm glowing woodstove!😻 I can see that I am on my own planting trees today Lol!🤣😇 The trees I planted today are called “Shore Pines”! They are related to the Lodgepole pine, only shorter. They can grow 20 to 50 feet tall, and they adapt well along the Ocean shores, or land with poor soil. That pretty much describes the soil I planted these trees in today Lol!😅 A few inches of topsoi

I’m Pushing The Button…..Man!🐸 “ Uhhh…… PEPE, how much Bitcoin did you just Buy?”🤣 “Silbertop, go BIG, or da go home! I buy a Million Sat’s………PEPE rich Frog!”🐸 Hmmm……………..🤔 I guess I will let PEPE figure out for himself that a Million Bitcoin Sat’s is only about $830 dollars!☺️

Grow Little Trees! 🤗 Finally, the day had arrived! It was time to pull out my shovel and start planting some trees!😊 I organized several buckets………… Topsoil check! Mulch check! Baby trees……………. I had my work cut out for me today!😅 That’s when it started raining…………….. I pulled my sweatshirt hood over my head…….. Within minutes, the rain stopped, and it started snowing, then “Corn snow” a type of small hail!😳 “Silvertop why don’t you come back inside!”🥰 I had just started………..🤔 I was determined to plant at least a few trees today!😇 Then as quickly as the the storm arrived, it was over, and the Sun was back!😎 Four insulated layers of clothing, became three, then two, and I soon found myself digging holes in just a t shirt!☺️ Take a look at the photo just before the one taken of my expertly dug hole Lol!😇 Off in the distance, in the valley below, you can see a field planted with baby Doulas Fir seeding trees! Silvertop is only planting 29 trees this year. A pittance compared to Westergreens tree nursery far below, but we are all on the same “page”!😊 Spring tree planting! “Cot…. Come outside and help Dad plant some trees son!”😇 He had assumed the “position” on “HIS” warm waterbed, he wasn’t moving!😻 “Liz I don’t think Cot is even asleep, he’s just ignoring Dad Lol!🤣 He’s

“All Dis Big Pond, PEPE get Fer You!”🐸 Pulling into our Churches parking lot early this morning I spotted “IT”!😳 The Sun…… trying to peek out from behind the clouds!😎 “Liz….today is looking like a nice day to take PEPE and his new girlfriend for a hike up into the Mountains!”☺️ I was chatting with Doug, a local Blueberry farmer at Church…………. “Silvertop, they are calling for snow this week! It’s a good thing we have fans to circulate the warm air around the plants!”😊 Think extremely large wind turbines, on tall towers, in the berry fields my friends!🙄 That’s what he is calling “Fans” Lol! 😇 During colder Springs, these large fans, circulating the air, can make all the difference between a total loss of all crops, and a good harvest! This Spring we have been having a Weather pattern that tends to repeat every day ……..……………… Heavy clouds appear in the early morning, then just a glimpse of sunshine starts peeking through the clouds. Noon turns into beautiful Sun, and by 4 o’clock in the afternoon, you better keep your raincoat near!😅 “Mrs Silbertop, PEPE and new little Lady Frog need quality time together!”🐸 “Silvertop do we need to chaperone these Frog’s?” 🥰 “No worries Liz, it’s late into the afternoon, they are both about to get a cold shower Lol!”🤣😅 “Did you pack your ra

“Welcome to the Jungle!” 😅 Before the Sun came up, I could hear the sound of heavy rain pounding on the glass skylight above our bed!🙄 Today was “D-Day”…… the Annual Farm Forestry tree sale!😊 Liz had pre-ordered 25 Shore Pines, 2 Sitka Spruce, and 2 Noble Fir seedling trees!🤗 My neighbor David, from the tiny house had a pre-order of several hundred trees!😮 “Silvertop it’s going to pour cold rain, then it’s going to start snowing….ALL day long!” 😳 Not today David!🙄 I could see myself getting muddy, and soaked!😅 These trees are stored bare rooted in refrigeration trucks leading up to this tree sale………. How do they say it……….. “Time Is of the Essence”, these trees need to get into dirt quickly! A nursery trick is to “Heel” these trees into a garden plot of dirt, at approximately a 45 degree angle.You really aren’t planting these trees, just covering them with dirt! They can’t stay this way too long, but it’s a quick fix especially since the rain looked like it had set in for the day!🙄 The Mrs pulled into the Northwest Fairgrounds parking lot, the tree sale was being held in one of the unheated livestock barns. They told everyone to dress in layers, you might need to wait in lon