This isn't really something you can do at my website. I have no resources for you. But I figured I should devote some of my web page to a good cause, and this is the best I could do. NO, I wasn't listening to John Denver at the time. I never listen to John Denver. I dislike John Denver. He's dead, you know. But they keep running that special about his life on VH1. So it's like he's not really gone. Warms the heart, it does.

For this activity, it would probably be best if you left your computer. I mean, generally speaking, trees are best planted in the out-of-doors. When you get outside, you're going to want to watch out for that big burning thing in the sky. (It's called the SUN.) It's kind of like a computer monitor, but a whole lot brighter. It won't hurt you, just don't stare directly at it. The next thing you need is a tree. You can usually buy this at a greenhouse or nursery (not the kind with babies). Ostensibly, you could grow your own from a seed, but that would take a long time, and require you to pay attention to it and water it for weeks preceeding the tree-planting event. Then you need a shovel, or a backhoe, or a tunnelling animal such as a gopher to dig the hole. I don't know how deep to make it, I'm not a tree-planting expert. Sheesh. Anyway, then you stick the tree in... the bit with the roots goes down in the hole, and the bit with the branches sticks up in the air. Then you fill in the rest of the hole with the dirt you took out of it, wash your hands, and get back to the computer. There. You've done something that will benefit the environment. Provided the tree doesn't die. Or the neighbor's unruly children don't steal it to make a fort.

That wasn't useful at all. I basically did this just so I could make a picture of a planet-shaped topiary tree. I like topiary trees.

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