March12thisTreePlantingDay.Thisyearourschoolboughtenoughtreesbeforethatday.Onthatday,wedidn'thadclasses.Theteachersandourclassmatesplantedtreesaroundourschool.

　　Webegantoplantedtreesassoonaswegottoschool.somestudentsdugtheholes.Somestudentsputthetreesintotheholes.

　　Somestudentsputtheearthbacktotheholes.Thenwepushedtheearthhardwithourfeet.Atlastwewateredthetreesasmuchaspossible.

　　Fromthenonwelookedafterthetreescarefullyandthetreesgrewverywell.Itmadeourshcoolmorebeautiful.AndHowhappyweare!

　　TodayisTheTreePlantingDay,Iandmyclassmatesgotoparktoplatingtrees.Whyweplantingtrees?ThezoologysystomofChinaisverybad.IfyouknowwhyJapanisverydevelopmentthanChina,Becausetheyhaveneverusethereownresourceoftrees.NowthetreeresourceofChinaisverypoor,sowemusttoplanttrees.Howwecanplantingtrees?Wemusthaveyoungtreesandwater.Firstofall,wemustmakeahole,thenwewilltakethetreeintothehole,atlastwemustwaterit.Byplantingtrees,TheeverementofChinawillbebetter,andwewillhaveabetterfulture!

　　Springiswarm,it'sthebesttimetoplanttrees.Belowisaninstructiontofollow:

　　Chooseatleastafivetosix-foottreegrowntonurserystandards.

　　Selectasitewithenoughroomforrootsandbranchestoreachfullsize.Avoidoverheadandundergroundutilities.

　　Prepareaplantingareaasdeepastherootballandthreetofivetimesitsdiameterbylooseningthesoil.Digaholeinthemiddleofthearea.Inheavyclaysoil,plant2-3inchesabovethebaseofthetrunkflare(wheretherootsmeetthemainstem)ratherthanatorbelowtheoriginalgrowinglevel.Ifthesoilisverysandy,thenplantatgradesothatthesoilatthetopoftherootballdoesn'terodeordryout.Overall,planttherootballsothatoncesomesettlingofthesoiloccurs,thetrunkFLAREisatgradelevel.

　　Usewatertosettlesoilandremoveairpocketsinplantingarea.

　　Stakethetreetoflexwiththewindonlyiftreeisunabletostanduptowind.

　　Spreadatwotothreeinchlayerofmulchonentirearea,butnotwithinsixinchesoftreetrunk.