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By Trista Scheuerlein
Special to the Rappahannock News
Fifth graders at Rappahannock County Elementary School are learning what it means to plan for the future. Though these 57 students have not even reached high school yet, they planted and potted over 300 Christmas tree seedlings last week that they will prune and maintain for the next 6 to 7 years. As the students mature into seniors, their trees will also mature into beautiful agricultural products that the students will sell.
Rappahannock County Elementary students planted spruce seedlings last week in the same location that sixthand seventh-grade Farm-toTable Agriculture Exploratory students planted trees last fall. Many of the white pine trees had not survived because of deer predation and weeds. Fifth-graders replanted with spruce trees because according to Sally Mello of Oak Shade Farm, deer are less likely to devour spruce trees than they are to eat their favorite snack, the tender shoots of white pine seedlings.
Sandra Richardson of Washington, Virginia, lets the Farm-to-Table Program use her land just 10 minutes away from the elementary school. When asked why she wanted students to use her land, Mrs.
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