Casey - knock it off. Anyone can go out in their back yard and snap a few pictures and say they are their layout trees. j/k very nice trees indeed!
Val, on the spakle, if it's water based, I think most is, you could try mixing some laytex paint with the spackle, so it's close to the right color when you apply it, that way if the paint (bark ) get's chipped it won't have white innards.
Val, on the spakle, if it's water based, I think most is, you could try mixing some laytex paint with the spackle, so it's close to the right color when you apply it, that way if the paint (bark ) get's chipped it won't have white innards.