Happy National Arbor Day

We planted a tree today! We had to dig a hole first. It looked like Mrs. M. was on a pogo stick when she jumped on the shovel. We laughed! The tree we planted is a red oak. It's very small and skinny and when we went back to put more soil around the base, we almost couldn't see it! It blends in with the grassy field we put it in. It's supposed to be fast growing, but we don't know how fast. Hopefully by next year we won't have to worry about it being mowed when they cut the grass. Mrs. M. is going to put a fence around it so that it doesn't get mowed this year. We will have to make sure it gets water for awhile so that the roots will start growing into the soil around it.
Today at Park View is Gardening Day. So we also planted pansies and chrysanthemums in the barrel garden out front and in the reading garden. We had to dig holes there, too. We found that there were killer grubs in the soil. We threw them onto the sidewalk and squished 'em. There were also earthworms. We know that all the soil everywhere has gone through the body of an earthworm in the past two years. We made sure to put the earthworms safely back into the ground. It rained last night, so the soil was nice and soft and wet.
Park View is looking good!