Plant tree, save world

Planting trees is actually pretty easy. Well, it’s hard work but it’s doable and it feels so darned satisfying and good to have done it. I plant trees with New York Restoration Project as part of Million Trees NYC–the goal is to plant 1 million trees by the year 2017!

Here is a step by step account of a little tree I planted. NYRP does the smart work of figuring out what kind to plant where. This is a pear tree on a sunny hillside at a housing development in Queens.

The soon-to-be planted tree.

Next step: dig a hole!

Dig a little deeper.

Notice the worms. Worms are awesome.

Put the tree in the hole (after removing it from the plastic pot).

Fill in the hole. We have a planted tree!

Add some mulch to protect from weeds and help retain water and to look pretty.