A CLEARING IN THE WILDWOOD : Page 30

One other thing the bulldozer can do for you before it departs: clear a strip of ground for your tree nursery. Put it in a sheltered spot, below a slope, and don't let them scrape away all the topsoil. In the course of events you may be wanting replacement trees or added starters for empty spots. There is no better time or place to collect and start some specimens than right on your own ground, to which your species are already accustomed. Your woods will be full of sprouts and switches which can be moved with little more effort than it takes to destroy them. The rudiments of transplanting are described in Chapter VIII. Here it is simply suggested that, while an unkempt tract is being tailored, future additions to its wardrobe can be provided for on the spot, to avoid expensive trips later to commercial tree farms.