Why I spent all of last summer watering trees......

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I spent most of yesterday at work pulling together information about the tree trail, kind of a final report, since the project is **finally** nearing completion. I hope.

Anyway, some statistics about the landscape projects we've done since I started this job amused me:

From 2000 - 2002, we've planted 336 trees on campus, representing 56 species or varieties. In the same time period, we've planted 643 shrubs, representing 24 species or varieties. And these are just the projects I was directly involved in; I've not kept track of plantings on inner campus.

Out of the numbers above, I have personally planted (in smaller renovation projects) about 35 trees, and probably 75 shrubs. Forgot to write down how many species. And, I've planted about 10,000 bulbs since I started here, about 2/3 were crocus, daffodils, and dwarf iris that are naturalized through various landscape beds.

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Heheheheh....wanna come plant some in MY yard?? :)

I want to get some more holly this year; we decided we want a boy so we can have berries. And since one boy is good for...four?...girls... We figured we might as well. Ranj wants to put a couple more roses in, down on sidewalk-level, and I want some minis or small roses for pots. More herbs of course, although my rosemary will go outside as soon as it's warm enough. I think its little pale-green tendrils show that it's pining for spring as much as I am.

I also want to dig some new flowerbeds, as I think that if I work at it, I could have the grass in the front yard completely eliminated this year. :) Of course, I'm not getting paid to garden. I wonder, do you ever come home and stare at your own vast personal garden and say, "This again?" :)