Tree Planting Was Harder Than I Thought

[bayareabriar]

Excellent job!

 

[jpmcwjr]

Excellent! The dibble is 2-3 times larger than the ones I have used, (for smaller planting.) Looks brand new!

 

[trudger]

Nice. Thanks for the follow-up. I was fishing the Little Manistee near Irons in May. Not much getting on around there that is for sure, glad I had my DeLorme Atlas & Gazetteer. No cell service meant no GPS for me.

 

[kcghost]

Tree planting is hard work.

 

[krizzose]

I was fishing the Little Manistee near Irons in May

That sapling is about 20 miles west of Irons.

The Little Manistee has a very early salmon run. There are fish in the river now

 

[krizzose]

Looks brand new!

Other than being used for 10 or trees when I took the photo, it was brand new.

 

[krizzose]

That picture of the dibble bar reminds me of an age old question that was always on my mind while using it…. Why not make one long enough that you don’t have to stoop to use it? I remember that the worst part about it was having to stoop to wedge open the ground, backaches!!! It would be so much nicer not to have to bend so much while driving it into the ground.

I think you've identified a market niche to exploit!

I was actually thinking the same thing. I'm 6'4", and I was feeling it after my "shifts" with the dibble (my buddy and I were taking turns (1) working the dibble and (2) bending all the way over to put the seedlings in the ground). One about 6' long with handles at the top and the 4' mark would have been perfect. Unlike Archimedes, I didn't need to move the whole world with my lever, just a slightly easier way to move about 6" of it.

 

[3rdguy]

That picture of the dibble bar reminds me of an age old question that was always on my mind while using it…. Why not make one long enough that you don’t have to stoop to use it? I remember that the worst part about it was having to stoop to wedge open the ground, backaches!!! It would be so much nicer not to have to bend so much while driving it into the ground.

And toss an electric drill on the end!

 

[cosmicfolklore]

And toss an electric drill on the end!

For some locales, you’d need to drag a generator along with you. Ha ha!

 

[3rdguy]

For some locales, you’d need to drag a generator along with you. Ha ha!

We plant a lot of tulips and daffodils , the bit is a few feet long and attaches to my cordless drill. Pretty easy!

 

[orlandofurioso]

A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.

 

[jpmcwjr]

We plant a lot of tulips and daffodils , the bit is a few feet long and attaches to my cordless drill. Pretty easy!

How wide a hole for those flowers- Or are you putting in the bulbs only? Still, what size bit?

 

[Leo]

I like trees, too. (and flowers, yes)
And I know the Tree Planting is hard.

So I want to grow bonsai when I get older.
Looking at a small bonsai, I imagines myself standing in front of a big tree.

I really want to try it when I retire. There's about 30 years left.

 

[3rdguy]

How wide a hole for those flowers- Or are you putting in the bulbs only? Still, what size bit?

3” wide bit

 

[Sweet Home Alabama]

I’m digging post holes for a hammock triangle. My old tractor had a auger, I’m using a manual digger , as the tractor is in another location, 2 .5 feet deep. Now this is a labor of love for my granddaughter…lol!