So I got my trees from the Arbor Day Foundation. I think I paid $35 in total, and after I bought them, I read all sorts of Internet smashing on how not great the trees from them are. The trees really look like little dormant rooted clippings, but I'm not going to complain. I like the challenge of growing them.
So yesterday I planted the two pear trees, a red maple, and two forsythia bushes. We totally got rid of the garden plot, fence, weeds and all, and in the center of it, I finally planted my red mulberry tree that I "saved" from the plot of mowed down forest across the road. I have had it in a large pot that I could barely move for the longest time, so now it is finally in the ground. The tree seems to be doing well. I decided to leave some of the bunches of fennel that just grow around the edges there, and I planted one of the forsythia bushes near the fennel.
I forgot what all I got from the Arbor Day Foundation, though, and was kind of surprised to get yet another package from them today. I got some eastern redbuds, white flowering dogwoods, and some goldenraintrees. They are quite small and I don't want them to get lost in my yard. I did plant two of the white flowering dogwoods in my yard, but the rest I put in pots. Is that a good idea? I don't know.
Oh, and as I was planting my trees, a beautiful gift surprised me! A few years ago, I planted a small fig tree in my front yard. My husband accidentally mowed it down. Then a few leaves peaked out in the spring, then I accidentally mowed it down, and for months and months, I realized that the fig had gone by the way of nature (and mower) to an unfortunate demise. I don't know how or why, but the fig has been resurrected! I had searched the grass blades for almost a year to see any signs of the life of the fig, but it was all in vain, or so I thought. Its precious leaves are reaching upward to the sun in a very glorious holiday display.
"32 “Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. 33 Even so, when you see all these things, you know that it[e] is near, right at the door. 34 Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. 35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away."
So yesterday I planted the two pear trees, a red maple, and two forsythia bushes. We totally got rid of the garden plot, fence, weeds and all, and in the center of it, I finally planted my red mulberry tree that I "saved" from the plot of mowed down forest across the road. I have had it in a large pot that I could barely move for the longest time, so now it is finally in the ground. The tree seems to be doing well. I decided to leave some of the bunches of fennel that just grow around the edges there, and I planted one of the forsythia bushes near the fennel.
I forgot what all I got from the Arbor Day Foundation, though, and was kind of surprised to get yet another package from them today. I got some eastern redbuds, white flowering dogwoods, and some goldenraintrees. They are quite small and I don't want them to get lost in my yard. I did plant two of the white flowering dogwoods in my yard, but the rest I put in pots. Is that a good idea? I don't know.
Oh, and as I was planting my trees, a beautiful gift surprised me! A few years ago, I planted a small fig tree in my front yard. My husband accidentally mowed it down. Then a few leaves peaked out in the spring, then I accidentally mowed it down, and for months and months, I realized that the fig had gone by the way of nature (and mower) to an unfortunate demise. I don't know how or why, but the fig has been resurrected! I had searched the grass blades for almost a year to see any signs of the life of the fig, but it was all in vain, or so I thought. Its precious leaves are reaching upward to the sun in a very glorious holiday display.
"32 “Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. 33 Even so, when you see all these things, you know that it[e] is near, right at the door. 34 Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. 35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away."
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