Legacies

[formariz 11,987]

Like everything else here, planted these with my sons when they and the trees were merely saplings. Now they all have blossomed into maturity and beauty providing irreplaceable sights and memories. The saying that “ you reap what you sow “ couldn’t be anymore appropriate.

[ri702bill 8,316]

Excellent symmetry - that comes from yearly pruning while they matured.

I used to cut the grass and front shrubs for an elderly widow every other week in the neighborhood - she commented that she admired the way I cut the 120 feet of Privet Hedge I have in front of my house. She later went to an Assisted Living facility, her son still asked me to do the yardwork.

She passed about 10 years ago, a local family bought the house - the had their BIL come down with his 4WD pickup and a chain - ripped all the manicured shrubs OUT  - said it was "too much upkeep".... looks barren now...... they cut the lawn MAYBE 3 times a season.....Some folks do not appreciate quantity and quality... sad.

Bill

Edited April 22, 2023 by ri702bill

[squonk 41,085]

1 hour ago, ri702bill said:

they cut the lawn MAYBE 3 times a season.....

Bill

I think they live next door to me and bought another house across the street!   

 

They mow on Mother's Day, the 4th of July and Labor Day 

Edited April 22, 2023 by squonk

[ri702bill 8,316]

Roger that Mike - A-holes breed A-holes. A lot of newer "home owners" (read that as "House Flippers") only live for the minute........

[ri702bill 8,316]

2 hours ago, squonk said:

They mow on Mother's Day, the 4th of July and Labor Day 

And the rest is a Tick Farm!!!!!!

[Pullstart 62,843]

While she showered wrestling sweat off, Rylee’s boyfriend Henry helped me plant four trees today.  They seem to be a pretty awesome fit for each other, being only 13.  Much too young to hope for futures, but hopefully if it becomes one it is well cultivated.  We placed three apple trees and a red maple in the front yard.  He dug the holes, under my watch and suggestion.  I chopped one root, but otherwise all digging was him.  We carefully backfilled and watered the trees and I’ll mulch them soon.  Cas, I hope to see them blossom in the years to come!  Trees too 

[squonk 41,085]

My wife planted a tree 35 years ago when she was pregnant with my son on Earth day. Both the tree and my son are huge now. You can see the main trunk in this pic.

 

 

And it's shadow

 

 

 

[Handy Don 12,216]

2 hours ago, Pullstart said:

We placed three apple trees and a red maple in the front yard

We have given up on any fruit trees. The deer just chow down on the tender branches and kill them.

We’d have to fence them until they were at least 10’ tall or longer (the deer here will stand on their hind legs to get to food in the winter).

[squonk 41,085]

9 hours ago, Handy Don said:

(the deer here will stand on their hind legs to get to food in the winter).

We had a Beagle that would get sick all the time. There  used to be a dwarf pear tree in our yard.. We also had a Lab who would stand on her hind leg and pick the pears off the tree so our Beagle could eat them. . My wife was watching TV one day and kept seeing this dog head popping up in the bay window and caught them. 

[formariz 11,987]

On 4/22/2023 at 8:16 PM, Pullstart said:

Cas, I hope to see them blossom in the years to come!  Trees too 

If we think about it their needs are very similar. A good solid fertile foundation so they can grow strong roots, frequent watering and nurturing, constant vigil for pests and parasites, ocasional pruning for controlled even growth, support from stormy weather, and when inevitably bad things happen from circumstances in life , never give up or abandon them. Summarizing it it all adds up to love and responsibility. I know that you are well on your way to enjoying the blooms Kevin.