Tube Removal and Maintenance

Our return from New York came as a huge relief to the crew. We were all exhausted and ready for an actual weekend, and we were going stir crazy from being coped up in that truck for so long! The weeks between December 1st and 20th consisted of site maintenance and tube removal. The low key, low stress work was a welcome change from the work we were doing in New York. The tube removal became especially tedious. We would walk many planting cites looking for trees that were tall enough to have their protective tubes removed. After the first week we were ready to be done with tube removal, unfortunately we still had 2 weeks left! The monotony of that job, coupled with the short days was enough to get on everyones nerves. Fortunately the last week before our Winter Break was spent in Sequim doing some site maintenance. This turned out to be an eventful week. I was bonked in the nose by a tree that spring boarded by the DR mower and we managed to get the truck stuck in the mud. Come Thursday at 5:30 we were definitely ready begin our break.