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More trees were replaced/planted yesterday…. this time as far away from the house as is possible.
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And after all the rain we’ve had, I don’t think watering them will be necessary for a while.
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There’s a reason none of the trees my husband plants in our far back yard live and it’s called clay. While there’s nice topsoil near the house, our property slopes down to the woods and eventually to the banks of a river…. and around here that means clay. Saturated with water in the spring, cracked bone dry in the summer… but that doesn’t deter my husband. No sir.
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Two of these beauties were purchased and planted.
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Marrying an eternal optimist makes for a lot of work.
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Whether theses trees will last any longer than the previous elms, oaks or apples he planted is any one’s guess.
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River's world..... 
Persistence will get you to places talent never will. Give it Hell.
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It will also empty your bank account, but okay.
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It’s no good until you spend it.
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$650 on trees last week. That will probably die…
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Vs. $650 worth of treasure in your attic? Sounds like a win, even if it’s a small one.
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Good point.
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Thank you so much for that. I’m bookmarking this so I can prove that I actually do make a good point now and again.
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Even a blind squirrel finds a nut occasionally.
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Yeah, plenty of nuts around here, that’s why I like it so much.
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Perhaps a few half-mile long hoses laid down before spring is gone
Would do the job in summer….if you remember to turn them on!
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And move them every time we have to mow? No thanks…
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Tenacity…..that’s the hubs. 😝
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What is it they say about stupidity? Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. Tenacity, stupidity. Close call.
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That’s insanity. Sometimes similar, I know.
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Insane works.
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… when I lived in bentonite paradise, the experts said the hole should be dug three to four times the diameter of the root ball and the back-fill should be heavily amended with mulching and peat moss.
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Yes, it should. And I tell my husband that every time he plants… for which I receive hateful looks and an offer of the shovel. Digging through hard clay isn’t the laugh a minute you’d think it would be.
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I hope this one works out, because that is a beautiful tree in the autumn!
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And I do love autumn color!
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Too bad there’s no such thing as tree insurance.
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No one would underwrite my husband.
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Do red squirrels live in those, by an chance?
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Ours prefer the house and out buildings.
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We planted two of those exact trees last year. Good luck!
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And are yours thriving..?
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We bought two. One arrived broken and they replaced it immediately. We planted the broken one anyway. The replacement is thriving. The broken one is doing well. The second original tree is not doing well. The gave us a credit for it. We’re going to wait and see how well it does.. We had several long cold snaps with little or no snow on the ground, so that may have hurt its chances.
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Our problem is water. We always seem to plant them during a dry spell and they’re so flipping far away.
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