IL-Cornfed

Man, that sounds like a GREAT project! We've also thought about planting some soft mast trees as well. Apples will be a great choice if you upkeep and maintain them with simple minimal care.You'll have to let us know every season how that planting is doing? Good luck

PA Pete

farmhunter, i see that youuse black corrugated pipe as i do. one thing i have done to help with mice (those that decided to live in the pipe and snack on the tree) was to raise the pipe off the ground a little. i simply put afew flat rocks under the pipe to hold it off the ground a few inches. my thinking was thatthis wouldprevent the pipe frombeing an enclosed area that the mice woulduse fornesting. it seems to have worked for many years now.