I lived ( got black topped a couple of years ago) on a dusty county road and when I built my house back in '79; only 3 cars per day passed; very low population density then. 10ish years ago, the county put in a traffic counter and asking, was told that it recorded like 160 cars per day.
I started going around the area and collecting cedars of all types and have planted 160 of them. Maybe only lost 1 or 2 early on.
I deliberately selected small trees so that I could get a good root system, 2' tall thereabouts, with about 1' of dirt (diameter). Dug as deep as the billdookie (sharpshooter) would go.
Brought them home and dug a hole and planted; elapsed time out of the soil less than an hour.
Kept them watered and the rest is history. I have really enjoyed the privacy and noise reduction and would do it again in a heartbeat. When I fertilize the yard in the spring I ensure that I get them fertilized too (use a tractor mounted conical spreader).
Only thing that threatens them now is a little light green butterfly with a spot on each wing that comes through in the spring and produces bag worms. If allowed to progress they will kill a tree.
Control is easy. Use my 15 gallon TSC sprayer with 12v motor and apply the Bayer brand multi purpose poison, in the blue container that I get for a very reasonable price at Lowes.
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