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Stayin' Alive
After a good workout on my exercise ball, I gingerly walked the yard with The Mister as he watered all our new babies. The new rose has settled in nicely I'm happy to report.
I haven't been out there for days and was surprised to see that the little White Pines were covered in new growth. My sweet little babies are growing up!
The Loblollys seem to have gotten over their funk. A while back I had to paint them with a concoction of Neem oil and dish soap to kill whatever gooey thing was happening to their trunks. It seemed to work. They have also been sprouting new growth.
This is a terrible photo but you can kind of see the little fans on my Ginko tree. I dearly love this thing. I've always wanted a Ginko after reading (about a million times) The Witch Family by Eleanor Estes. The two main characters live on a Ginko lined street in Washington DC and I thought it was charming.
The two red maples are putting out a lot of leaves.
I wish I could say the same about the little dogwoods that we planted around this big dogwood on the side of the house. It looks like a deer snacked on them and ate many of the leaves. I hope they recover. It made me awfully sad. I ordered some fruit tree netting for them which should be here today.
The two magnolias that arrived broken are finally showing signs of life but they still look pitiful. We've still got six more trees to plant but with my back issue there is no way I can be digging and hauling right now. If the city shows up with a beef about it, they are just going to have to fine us. We're doing the best we can just to keep all these babies alive.
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Slow and steady does it...glad you could get outside to look at things, but take it easy!! I love Ginko trees.
ReplyDeleteThe new growth (on most of the trees) is looking great! I am not a fan of gingkos. Nurseries only sell male trees anymore, but a long time ago someone got the bright idea to plant a tree-lined street with gingkos about a block from us. They planted females, and they produce loads of foul-smelling fruit. They fall in the street and get run over and fall on the sidewalk and make it unusable. For about a month in the fall the whole area smells like vomit and it's really repulsive!
ReplyDeleteThat reminds me of the paw paw tree we used to have out back. For a small tree it put out a large amount of fruit that would rot on the ground every fall. I came to associate that rotten smell with fall and now that the tree is gone I miss it. I'm actually thinking of planting another.
DeleteI'm glad you were able to get out and check on all of your babies. They look like they are settling in very well. Even the magnolia's. I wish we lived in an area that was conducive to magnolia trees. We have just the tiniest of buds on our trees right now. Driving home from Galveston was interesting. From full bloom springtime there and in Arkansas, Missouri had little buds and the trees were bare here at home!
ReplyDeleteIt was 77F when I woke up this morning, now it's 45F just 3 hours later! Crazy weather.
Blessings and hugs,
Betsy
The trees look so good! The Ginkgo is the City Tree here.
ReplyDeleteSlow and steady. I'm glad you could get outdoors a bit. The trees look great. It's interesting to me that the city can fine you for not replanting all those trees. It must be state law?
ReplyDeleteIt's so nice when you see that growth!
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