Oh, no! Not another tree-liminator! How could you possibly want to cut down 3 fruit trees? We have a pear tree that was planted only a foot or so from the front of our house, and DH keeps pushing me to cut it down. So I had someone impartial come and weigh in and she said that because it is a young tree, we can transplant it over near our two other pear trees, which is smarter anyway because it needs cross-pollination.Originally Posted by Teacher Terry
I'm not cutting down that tree!
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Fruit trees are messy. Fortunately, I can ignore fruit on the ground because it’s in a whole different area of my yard and I don’t have to address it.
DH has put up quite an orchard in Hermann, about 20 trees, but it’s far enough away from Iris beds that I doubt I will have to deal with those things.
I wish for people like you a grove of mulberry trees leading up to the front door. Let the Mulberry God bless you so that your floors will be splotched and stained with purple.!
You owe us a report on the wedding.
I am so happy to live off the kindness of the people in my neighborhood who grow gardens full of vegetables and favor me with (some of) the excess! I have a friend who rents farmland and reserves the ability to glean; he sometimes invites me to stock up on the imperfect stuff. I take what I can use and no more. All of these growers would be very happy for me to take more, but I know my limits (and the time it takes to process it all). I'm happy to accept extras and return the favor in the form of pickles or hot dishes or baked goods. I'm not sure what I'd do with a dozen acorn squash. This is as close as I need to get to an oversupply of vegetables.
Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome. - Booker T. Washington
Agreed on the wedding report!
The apples aren’t edible. I am guessing they are crab apples. The other 2 are pears and apricots. I have to pick them up about 4 times a day so they don’t ruin our expensive Astro turf. Within a week the garbage bag is too heavy for me to lift so my husband throws it away. I worry about the pears hitting my little dogs in the head when they fall. I love trees but not messy fruit ones.
IL, shame on you! Wishing mulberry bushes and the mess from them in an entrance on Catherine is vicious and uncalled for. There are limits on cruelty, you know. This judgement is based on seeing what mulberry bushes are capable of with birds to help them.
Wedding update is definitely needed.
As Cicero said, “Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.”
LOL - yes, a very entertaining thread.
Agree about the wedding update!!!! Hope plans are progressing well!
To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer." Mahatma Gandhi
Be nice whenever possible. It's always possible. HH Dalai Lama
In a world where you can be anything - be kind. Unknown
And don't forget that starlings (any birds) love mulberries and decorate your cars to show it!
My therapist told me the way to achieve true inner peace is to finish what I start. So far today, I have finished two bags of M&Ms and a chocolate cake. I feel better already!
A co-worker posted on FB about her zucchini (of course) crop. I told her I'd take one and only one.
"Do not accumulate for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and thieves break in and steal. But accumulate for yourselves treasure in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, your heart is also." Jesus
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