Getting Real Column - 17
60. As the installed trees started to creep inexorably
towards Wyalusing to the left, I began to realize that
somehow I needed to ramp up my tree production and
get this hillside done. The New England Meet loomed
(as did my promised clinic which did not get done until
the day before the meet), then an “away” op session,
followed by my own session three weeks after that.
Could I get it all done in time?
61. Here’s my tree making production factory. There’s
a lot going on in this picture! That’s the door to my fur-
nace room with wires strung across it to hang trees from.
Below that is a former clothes drying rack my wife sup-
plied, probably knowing she’d never see it again. On the
floor are boxes of non-tree material that I spray, dip by
the handfuls in the glue/water solution, then coat with
the foam material. This stuff is truly valuable, and I use it
as shrubbery to fill in any glaring gaps in the tree scape It
also becomes underbrush along the tracks. I can’t make
enough of it! To the left is a cart of my own design that
holds A-Line boxes full of rolling stock, and a couple of
handy heavy-duty contractor-type trash bags to become
cart and floor covers.
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