>> I never tried planting this late in the year. <<
It was my father's idea, decades ago. We used to get live trees. My mother declared that she was tired of picking pine needles out of the green shag carpet in July. So got a great big artificial tree -- really gorgeous. Alas, it didn't smell like a real tree, and we missed that. So Dad bought a ball-and-burlap tree from a nursery, which we kept indoors briefly and then planted outside. At the time, the ground was frozen, so he had to build a bonfire to melt it. But it worked. We still have a lot of yew bushes, several spruces, and a pine tree left.
Last year we put in a Colorado blue spruce, which is sadly battered after the hot dry summer. I was watering plants for 8 months this year. >_< But it's still alive and looking better in the winter weather, so maybe it will survive.
>>We have at least six holly plants here, compliments of the birds. <<
Awesome! :D Randomly planted things here include elderberry, wild grape, and cup plant.
>>I’ve always referred to squirrels’ nests as dreys. Did you borrow your term from Tolkien or is it a local word?<<
Apparently there are many terms for a squirrel nest. I've heard drey also. My grandparents called it a flet, which also means "raised platform," so it kind of makes sense.
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Date: 2024-12-23 02:33 am (UTC)Thank you!
>> I never tried planting this late in the year. <<
It was my father's idea, decades ago. We used to get live trees. My mother declared that she was tired of picking pine needles out of the green shag carpet in July. So got a great big artificial tree -- really gorgeous. Alas, it didn't smell like a real tree, and we missed that. So Dad bought a ball-and-burlap tree from a nursery, which we kept indoors briefly and then planted outside. At the time, the ground was frozen, so he had to build a bonfire to melt it. But it worked. We still have a lot of yew bushes, several spruces, and a pine tree left.
Last year we put in a Colorado blue spruce, which is sadly battered after the hot dry summer. I was watering plants for 8 months this year. >_< But it's still alive and looking better in the winter weather, so maybe it will survive.
>>We have at least six holly plants here, compliments of the birds. <<
Awesome! :D Randomly planted things here include elderberry, wild grape, and cup plant.
>>I’ve always referred to squirrels’ nests as dreys. Did you borrow your term from Tolkien or is it a local word?<<
Apparently there are many terms for a squirrel nest. I've heard drey also. My grandparents called it a flet, which also means "raised platform," so it kind of makes sense.