Dan - I missed your post the few times I' ve been on lately - glad I found it, I enjoy reading the tree planting plans.

My planting plans still seem a long way off with 3 ft of snow still on the ground (see picture - dated 3/9. I plan to put in a couple hundred conifer - probably Norway Spruce - as its a wet area I plan to plant.

I plan to mow the rows between the 800+ I hand planted last spring. Right now they are buried, but prior to the deep snow, survival looked real good.

Good luck all.