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.