Ive gotten mixed feedback about whether pin oaks and spanish oaks will succumb to oak wilt. This tree is actually a cluster of 6 equally aged pin oaks stemming from the same patch of ground and the end result is perfection. The tree is so full and beautiful and each fall it turns bright orange …
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First Spring with the Redbud Tree
This was my first spring with the redbud tree since i bought it during summer of the previous year. I would get to witness the purple flowers, the baby leaves, and then the seed pods that grew from each flower.
The Pin Oak
As Autumn draws to a conclusion and winter begins the pin oak is just now changing colors. it’s been a warm year. The trees as well as the chickens are confused.
The Sumac Tree Feels Winter’s Approach
As we sunk further into autumn with each day the trees began to change. I waited for the tree the sellers had said was a spanish oak to turn a dark maroon like the ones on my neighbors’ properties but it never did. One tree that did begin turning red was my beloved sumac tree. …
8 Little Leaves
It started with 1 branch. On this branch were 8 of those pink bud-looking-things that were just a couple days older than the rest. Those pink buds turned into brown wads and on 1 single branch those brown wads turned into 8 jungle-green leaves. Days later hundreds of the things would unfurl and the whole …
First Signs of Spring
When i bought the property the sellers had pointed to a tree. Well, actually it was 6 trees clustered together but they were growing so close it seemed they were destined to become 1 tree in the end. They told me it was a spanish oak and to baby it and do whatever it took …