Cleary Reid Report

My first days of tree planning went quite well as there was allot to do. During the week we planted roughly 100 trees daily. We used an organic fertilizer that was made of rice husks, chicken manure, amongst various other items. The students and I planted three species of trees; Tilo, Acacias and Floron. To plant the trees we used tools such as shovels, picks and hoes and crowbars. One the holes were made the students had to put the fertilizer and trees inside of the orifices and cover them with soil. The soil was really rich and fertile and this was made apparent by the abundance of large due worms under the soil. We all worked as a team with two people excavating the ground and preparing the site, while the remaining person set the tree in the hole and coverered the roots with dirt. One of the days during the week of social work two women arrived at our worksite with plans of starting a land invasion of the the municipal land we were working on. Max told the two ladies he was aware of who they were, and what their intentions were. After the incident Max made sure to talk to a representative of the City of Quito, about the women and there plans. The project was a success in every aspect. When the project was finished we had completed all of our objectives. In eight days we had planted 600 trees. We hope that the trees receive sufficient rain in the upcoming days, but I will probably have to return with other volunteers to add more fertilizer and water to the newly planted trees.