Plant Redwood and Ash and Maple and Cottonwood and Oak and Sycamore. The earth gives thanks. The Egrets return.
Life is good.
Redwood trees live a thousand years, when the climate makes them happy. But here in this northern California valley of Santa Clara, or silicon, south of the cool native redwoods in the coastal mountains, drenched out here by abundant sun and little rain, they take special nurturing if they are to live well. When the earth is covered for two or three feet with a layer of rock and gravel, with a clay content of less than 50 percent, trees cannot live well. Make sure that your truck is convertible to either tracks or 4 wheel drive with knobby balloon tires, since many of the trees are needed on steep embankments. Then interconnect with deep trenches all of the holes to each other and to a drainage grade using a 6 inch wide, two foot deep 20 horsepower trencher.