Gramdpa near Danville's. The sign says the Douglas Fir were planted in 1988 or 18 years ago. These were the first of over 10,000 trees planted and the ground was scraped bare at the time. All the trees had plastic webbing at the base to protect from rodents.  

We go into the deep forests of the Tree Farm and seldom see any wild life. This fresh shot of the Bear droppings prove they were there. Herds of Elk, lots of deer and occasional porkupine will be encountered.  

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The bottom land fields near the Lake are filled with large white bags of straw. They look like hundreds of Marshmellows in the fields.

Georgie and Chuck near Paul Danville's. This Douglas Fir was planted in 1990, see sign. It is about 9 or 10" in diameter. There are over 10,000 Douglas Firs on the 37 acres.

CALIF REDWOODS GROW MUCH
FASTER THAN DOUGLAS FIRS.
Chuck on the left and George on the right. The Calif Redwood is about 7" in diameter and 30 feet tall. They seem to grow much faster than the Douglas Firs.

George Sr. in front of the hot or lath house used for small seedling trees. It is totally enmgulfed with brush. We have tall Calif Redwoods and smaller Calif Sequoias.  

Compare this picture with our trip to the tree farm last year. The growth of the under brush is totally out of control. Remember only 4 years algo this land was scarified, plowed and terraced using a dozer.