Plant Stuff for the Future

By admin, February 22nd, 2011 | Wisdom | 0 Comments

Our flowering cherry is gone. Writeous Dude and Piggynap spent many happy times playing in and around it..the stuff that memories are made of. It was very beautiful in full flower but a combination of pruning (overhead telephone wires), severe frosts over the last couple of years and strangulation by a horrible elderberry had killed it. A friend and his son took it down .. at least they will get loads of logs. Another tree (acer with attractive striped pink and green leaves) will be planted in the cherry’s place. It’s sitting in a pot, gasping for room to breathe but it will be long after Rider’s gone before another generation of children will appreciate it. Those old estate owners of long ago left a legacy of trees and so should we. Plant a tree if you’ve got room.. give a bit to the future.