The weather has finally turned and planting and gardening has begun. It's so much fun to see how what you planted last year comes back in full form, beautiful flowering trees, fertilized grass all lush and green. It's totally amazing!
This past weekend we had a incredible sugar maple tree delivered from Litchfield Horticultural. Let's say it's about 25 feet tall and has all its leaves. That sound weird right, but when we purchased this nursery grown tree it was winter, so there where no leaves. I'd say the tree trunk has about an 8 inch diameter. How cool it was when it arrived on a big truck with 5 men and it's full with lush green leaves.
They got up the driveway just fine, wondering how they were going to get the tree on the other side of the yard next to the cutest small white barn with its wood roof and rooster weather vein. And then all of a sudden there's another tracker (not sure what the correct term for it is), this tracker carried this giant sugar maple tree across the back of the house, of course with the guidance from all the guys. Again, pretty cool to watch this giant tree hover across the yard.
It made it to its new home and these guys made it look so easy. They dug the hole with the same tracker and within about a half an hour the beautiful sugar maple was planted, tied and with the green garden hose water was flowing.
Now, I get to look out my windows or sit on the back porch and watch. See the birds chirping all around, see the leaves blow in the wind, see the leaves turn colors come fall and see my little dog, Digby, all curious to see what has been going on in the yard, he runs up to our new tree, sniffing and in his own way welcomes this tree, by lifting his leg, to our yard.
Plant a tree!
