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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=105 BGCOLOR="#66CCCC" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>                                                                      </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Spirit and Nature_Alan Lorefice"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>       </B>back to<B>  </B><A HREF="id3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="A Grove project "><U><B>A Grove project  </B></U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#66CCCC" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <A HREF="id15.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The trees"><U>The trees</U></A></div> <div> <B>Their home</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Wild visitors"><U>Wild visitors</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id48.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Their plant neighbors"><U>Their plant neighbors</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id52.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Preparing for Winter"><U>Preparing for Winter</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="southwest_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Winter Injury"><U>Winter Injury</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id87.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Preparing for Spring"><U>Preparing for Spring</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id162.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Water"><U>Water</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="preparing_for_winter.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Preparing for Winter 2002"><U>Preparing for Winter 2002</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="preparing_for_spring.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Preparing for Spring 2003 "><U>Preparing for Spring  2003 </U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="preparing_for_spring189.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Preparing for Spring 2003 (page 2)"><U>Preparing for Spring  2003 (page 2)</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="preparing_for_spring196.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Preparing for Spring 2003 (page 3)"><U>Preparing for Spring  2003 (page 3)</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="winter_preparations2003_1.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Preparing for Winter 2003"><U>Preparing for Winter 2003</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="winter_preparations2003_2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Preparing for Winter 2003 (page 2)"><U>Preparing for Winter 2003 (page 2)</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="winter_preparations_2003_3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Preparing for Winter 2003 (page 3)"><U>Preparing for Winter 2003 (page 3)</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="winter_preparations_2003_4.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Preparing for Winter 2003 (page 4)"><U>Preparing for Winter 2003 (page 4)</U></A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=375 BGCOLOR="#66CCCC" TEXT="#080000"> <div>      </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0e0902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div>      This area in the valley is one of temperature extremes.  This year it  ranged from -18 degrees F in January to 109 degrees in April. The hill is somewhat more moderate so the trees have a better home there.</div> <div>      The hill is some 60 feet high  and  its soil is " among the most well drained soils in the county" as the county soil map says.  What this means of course, is that I have to water often.  Initially, I thought it would be fine to carry water in buckets.   A nice quiet form of exercise.  Images of wadis and pioneer homesteads.   Splendid really. </div> <bR> <div> It did not take me long to mechanize:  </div> <div> <IMG SRC="0da4d540.jpg" border=0 width="333" height="340" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> I appear somewhat sheepish in this photograph, because , in spite of all my planning,  I don't really know how this is going to work.  </div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>