Well, by now I thoroughly expected to have snow on the ground. There is none! It has been chilly, and ice forms on the driveway every morning, but no snow. It’s unusual.
We got all our trees planted: 5 privet hedges, 1 red maple, 1 willow, and I moved the douglas fir that had been growingin our front flower bed. I hope it survives– I had to chop up the rootball quite a bit and the ground was slightly frozen. It was tough plugging the tree in the ground. I hope it lives, because it is such a lovely tree. It smells so wonderful, too.
The privets have a home in front of the fence in the front yard. I hope they grow nice and fast, to screen the very ugly row of parked cars that sit at my neighbor’s house. The willow and red maple are in temporary spots. Their final home will be the backyard, but they are too young to be thrown into the cruel, cruel world where rabbits, deer, and neighboring urchins chop, stomp, and devour anything and anything I put back there. Over the past ten years, I’d estimate that I have planted 10 trees in my back yard, and only TWO survived. Deer and neighbors killed the rest. You’d think the neighbors would have better things to do than harrass my trees in my backyard… Tree-planting is quite the exertion around here.
The latest backyard garden news lays quite importance upon the designs of the garden. This is also because of the popularity of the green spring garden vision. Gone are the days of backyard playsets. People now use the space under garden shed for plantation purposes. They have replaced the usual sheds with new deck design varieties. Now there are actually solarium setups being installed in the gardens. The garden backyard places have finally discovered their worth.
26. November 2007 at 3:38 pm
Your post had me laughing, good luck with your trees. I joined the Arbor Day foundation last spring. I was thrilled when I got my 10 trees and followed directions carefully. I planted them nicely spaced in my garden where they would be safe. 6 of them made it and were doing great…. until my husband of all people mowed over them!
26. November 2007 at 3:58 pm
I sure hope they grow!
I’m sorry to hear about your trees! Whoops!
I’m more concerned the kids or husband will trample my trees while they are buried unseen in the snow. We went all out and surrounded the privets with a snow fence and stakes, and then I dropped PVC pipe segments over them as a barrier. Maybe I’ll take a photo to show you what I mean.