In April, Les and I checked out blue spruce trees to plant in the yard on the east side of the house. We discovered how many types of blue spruce there are and how much psace they eventually take up. We didn't buy any that day.
A few days later, Les attended a health(?) fair in our town and somehow ended up with a baby flowering dogwood tree. I planted it in the spot previously set aside for the spruce. It was a cold spring and the little tree stayed dormant for so long that I thought it might not grow.
Well, it finally came to life.
I was pretty happy about where it was planted until my neighbor poionted out that he had to chop down a tree he planted only two years ago because it was under some wires. I went out and looked up from the spruce and - sure enough - there were wires not more than 15 feet up. Well, that would limit the life of the tree!
A few days later, Les attended a health(?) fair in our town and somehow ended up with a baby flowering dogwood tree. I planted it in the spot previously set aside for the spruce. It was a cold spring and the little tree stayed dormant for so long that I thought it might not grow.
Well, it finally came to life.
Now if you know me, you know that I may set an idea aside for a while, but usually it will come up again until I finally do something about it.
I was shopping for birdseed to put out on the old tree stump in the front yard, when I spied some really nice blue spruces in from of the local farm store. I checked them out and the needles were soft and properly colored, so I bought one.
Planted it in the far back yard and put in four tomatoes not too far away.
I was pretty happy about where it was planted until my neighbor poionted out that he had to chop down a tree he planted only two years ago because it was under some wires. I went out and looked up from the spruce and - sure enough - there were wires not more than 15 feet up. Well, that would limit the life of the tree!
So the next morning, I moved it over about 3 feet to the left of where it is in the picture.
It still bothered me that the wires would be too close. Also, if my tomatoes do well behind the fence this year, I might make the garden a little bigger next year and the tree would start to compete with my garden.
So, the next day, I dug a new hole in the east side yard in part of what used to be my old garden. There are no wires overhead and the worst that could happen to this tree is that it will have to have some lower branches trimmed if it gets out to the neighbor's driveway or our sidewalk. Our porch will eventually be a little more shaded and it's closer to water until it establishes itself.
Yesterday, I promised myself and the little tree that I wouldn't be moving it again anytime soon. lol
Thanks for visiting with me,
Kathi
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