ORCHARD HEXES

		"Bird's-eye" view of two orchard hexes
		An orchard sits just off the road...
		Two orchard hexes; these trees are made "the GHQ way" (see Trees), with some effort to make the trees as similar in size and shape as possible.
		Ground level view of a single orchard hex
		"Bird's-eye" view of an orchard hex

   This is one I've come up with "on my own" -- an orchard hex.  It is actually fairly simple to make, and makes a nice visual "variant" from your other hexes.

   1.  Make a flat terrain hex; cover it with grass and a very light coating of weeds and/or bushes.

   2.  You will also need ten trees of similar size and shape.  Making trees "the GHQ way" works very well for this; actually, I have a bit of trouble making trees their way that look different.  (Perhaps I need to work on that!!)

   3.  Get a ruler and a marking instrument of some kind -- I use a fine-point Sharpie.  Lay the ruler across the hex, from one "corner" to the second opposite it, four inches away.  Mark three small dots 1" apart, at the 1", 2" and 3" marks.  (See Figure 1.)

   4.  Place the ruler across the adjacent corners parallel to your first line, and mark a second set of three dots 1" apart.  (See Figure 2.)

   5.  Halfway between the first two rows -- across the middle of the hex -- mark four dots 1" apart, beginning at the 1/2" mark; these will be at the 1/2" mark, the 1-1/2" mark, the 2-1/2" mark, and the 3-1/2" mark.  (See Figure 3)

   6.   Your hex should now have ten dots, in three rows, as shown in Figure 4.  Using an appropriate object (such as a dental pick, ice pick or awl), poke holes at each of the dots.  Place a generous drop of Elmer's white glue in each hole.  "Plant" a tree in each hole, and set the hex aside to dry thoroughly.

   That's all there is to it!

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