Project Tree: Status Report.

Project Tree… took a giant step forward today.  Tree has been purchased and brought “home.” It’s actually hiding in my neighbors yard.

The winning species isn’t one of the ones I spent days researching.  Mom spotted a tree on a drive recently and said “that reminds me of my mother” and so I tried to remember what the tree looks like and my closest guess was Malus louisa.  And it was not sold at the native plant store…So I had to go elsewhere. And well, we’ll see how the rest of this pans out.  By the way, the tree is a Crabapple. Not nearly what I might pick as my neighbors all have them, but this is a different variety, a much prettier one at that. We shall plant and it shall thrive. Hopefully.

Next step:  Dig the hole.  Possible calamities of this step include but are not limited to finding and needing to clear TONS of roots and root systems from the old maple that was chopped down.  Also, digging said hole in either one night/day and setting the tree in to be a surprise–or–relaying the sod so that perhaps Mom will not realize there is a hole being dug…

I will consult with the other two parties on the next step.  And I have Wednesday off, not that the weather will be great for hole digging, but we’ll see what happens.

I’m off to check my bank account to see how much shopping I can do   I have an itch, and it needs to be scratched–big time.