Trees and more trees

We can’t seem to stop planting trees. Actually we have lost a lot of our beautiful birch trees ( 24 over the last few years ) so we’ve been getting young trees established to replace them once the dreaded bronze birch borer. Over the last five years we have lovingly planted 129 trees but this time we have made sure to diversify our selection with species native to our location as well as a good blend of deciduous and conifers.

This new generation of trees will also need less water once they’re established ( ok, maybe not the five cedars Gjoa is sitting beside ) and better suited to our environment, better located for our vineyard and in time will give us additional privacy. The trees we chose down by the barn, including the Ponderosa Pine and Douglas Fir are very slow growers but we are confident the next owners will have some magnificent trees to enjoy with their grandchildren.