Everyone (now) knows it's windy.

OK, we've got a problem. The wind. The property is a wide long strip of land (a former cornfield that was part of one of the oldest farms in northern Dutchess County, NY.) On the west is a long ridge of trees and rock outcroppings, on the east, a forest. Private road with a couple of homes up on the north side and open fields (and seasonal views of the Catskills) to the south.

We have full sun and deep rich soil. But I'm afraid I misjudged the intensity and frequency of the wind that comes from the north this time of year. We're in a wind tunnel. The garden does not like this.

So -- I need to find a windbreak for the north side of the garden. Trees that grow fast, are good windbreak, resist deer (as much as possible) & survive seasonal damp soil. Looking ...