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I don’t live in Texas, but that’s a really good idea that I can maybe do where I live. Where are you thinking about planting trees?
Well, I have a local trail and a park in our city, but because you don’t live in Texas where do you think you need to plant trees where you live?
We could each plant a tree then take a picture to see how many trees we can plant.
Oh that sounds great! I can probably plant a tree at some public land near me.
When do you guys want to do it, this Saturday?
Yeah I think that sounds great!