Mostly Trees

What a lousy miserable day.  It’s foggy, rainy, misty, wet!  I really want to get a few things accomplished outside but don’t know if that will be possible.  Maybe this afternoon.  We’ll see.

It stopped raining for a few so Kevin, Renea and I went outside and transplanted two of my azalea bushes.  We actually put them in very large containers out by the new fence. I think they will look really pretty there when they bloom.  Time for a break.

After supper Kevin decided to plant my new trees.  Stephanie and I helped.  We planted the following trees:

Golden Rain Tree.  As you can see it is not much more than a "stick" at this point.

Chase Tree.  This tree has some leaves on it.  It is a tree I had never heard of until I found it on the internet.  It will bloom.  The pictures on the internet looked really pretty.

Forest Hardy Redbud.  Another tree that is no more than a stick right now.

6 Ben Franklin Trees.  These trees are supposed to be really hard to grow.  They are actually extinct.  Ben Franklin Trees are now grown from cuttings from the original trees that were found in the 1800s.  The story about them is really interesting.  The plantings are "sticks" about six inches in height.

All of the trees have little flags posted next to them so we don't run over them with the mower.  Especially the Franklin trees.  Hope they all do well.

 

My poor little killdeer was beside herself while we planted one of the trees.  I guess she thought we were too close, but we were on the other side of the driveway.  All is well, and she went back to her nest.

 

Today is Easter Sunday.  Happy Easter to all.  Stephanie went to church with me this morning.  I was glad to have her with me.  Would love for her to join me more often.

 

It has started raining now.  Can’t complain though because we really need it.  It’s good for all the trees and flowers we planted this weekend.  It isn’t supposed to rain tomorrow so I am hoping to get my flowers planted, the lantanas trimmed and more weeding accomplished.  I also need to decide what to do with the third azalea bush.  The lantanas are growing into it and it does not look very healthy.  I hope I can save it. 

 

I am looking for a couple of plants that Rita recommended that I told her I liked.  However, I can’t seem to find them around here.  I have found them on the internet at several nurseries and also in a couple of order books that I receive.  I would rather buy them from around here.  I will keep looking.  I plan to put them around my birdbath.  I think I am also going to get another birdbath to put in the back yard by the birdfeeder back there. 

By the way, the original purple martin house has all the apartments taken.  This is good because they eat the mosquitoes.  I have seen several purple martins around the new house.  I am hoping that will also be a busy place.  I am considering putting up some other birdhouses.  Kevin and Renea have birds nesting on both their porch and their patio.  Maybe if I put up some other birdhouses I can get them away from their place since they prefer they do not nest there.

I would also like to mention that Kevin now has a blog.  The address is karsakerfarm.com.  Take a look, hopefully, you will find it interesting.