2022 Seedling Program
And Thank You
The 2022
seedling pre-sale was a success although we could have sold more seedlings
especially Douglas-fir. Order forms were
mailed to all CCSWA members during early July 2021 and we were sold out of Douglas-fir
(DF) by late July 2021, the earliest in my memory. We sold 523 bags of Douglas-fir (62,760
seedlings) and 48 bags of western red cedar (WRC) (4800 seedlings). The seedlings were hauled from the grower
near Woodland, Washington on Feb 11, 2022 and distributed to buyers on Feb 12
at: 1) Paul Nys’s barn on Meissner Road near Rainier; 2) down town St. Helens by Mark Dreyer; 3) some
Vernonia area by Bill Hanson. Four
buyers of 50 or more bags were able to make arrangements to pick up their
seedlings at the nursery.
We wish to
thank several members who did the heavy lifting. Joe Banzer hauled 178 bags of DF to the Paul
Nys’s barn with his big trailer and he also brought 4 bags of WRC back to
Oregon later in the week to correct an oversight in my paperwork. Bill Hanson hauled 42 bags of WRC to Nys
barn. The following volunteers helped to
unload and stack the seedlings: Joe
Banzer, Paul Nys, Dennis Nelson, Kevin Johnston, Mark Dreyer, Don Salvey, and Bill
Hanson. My thanks to all who
helped.
Because our
2022 crop was smaller than recent years, it was not necessary to use the big
Van Natta Brothers truck. The Van Nata
family, coordinated by K. C. Van Natta, has safely hauled our seedlings for
many years. We will have a larger crop
next year and, consequently, may need to ask for their help again. Thank you to the Van Natta family for so many
years of loading and trucking. Our
thanks include Ray Biggs and Bob Hoard who have also hauled many bags in recent
years.
[The
remainder of the crop (36 bags of DF and 22 bags of WRC) was lifted during
March and sold at the public ornamental sale held in St. Helens March 12. Lynn Baker managed the ornamental sale. Mark Dreyer and Bill Hanson used their PU
trucks to haul these seedlings plus some noble fir and hemlock to St.
Helens. I know that Lynn Baker hauled
seedlings from Willamette Valley growers in addition to a hundred other things
she did to create the ornamental sale!]
Submitted by
Bill Hanson, CCSWA seedling person