Ethiopia Says It Planted Over 350 Million Trees in a Day, a Record

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2. I was a thinner in Oregon. Our contract was with the Forest Service

but the real benefactor was the lumber companies.
I had more than a few twinges of conscience.
So I got a job as a planter. We had large, mailbag sized bags
filled with seedlings, about 14-16 inches. Doug fir.
We lined up about 10 or 12 feet apart, with our bags slung over
our shoulders, and a hoedad or small hoe/pick in our hands.
10 steps, swing the hoedad down and pry the ground open.
Insert the seedling, tamp the soil with your foot and take
10 more steps.
I went back some years later to some of the places and the trees had
taken off.