How did you guys plant your pine seedlings? First i brush hogged my over grown pasture. Then I used a flat shovel and removed a 1x1' square of the sod. Then placed the seedling in the hole and covered it with fresh top soil I dug from another spot on my property. Let me tell you, thats a heck of a lot of work. I planted 350 trees two years ago that way. I would say that about 85% are still alive. This year i am going to plant about 400 more. Do you guys have any better ideas. What about spraying round up in a 1x1' area and then just using a spud bar to open the gound an insert the seedling? Has anyone used this method? Any suggestions????

Thanks
eddie