One Tree At A Time
May 6th, 2008 by Sonja

Cherry treeToday I got a tree. A cherry tree to be exact. I believe it’s a Montmorency Cherry, but I’m not certain. LightBoy wanted to get an apple tree. But apple trees need to be pollinated in order to bear fruit. He had grand designs of taking our harvest to the farmer’s market. From our one tree.

In our back yard.

He has no shortage of self esteem.

We discovered that cherry trees do not need to be pollinated. We are lazy. So we got a cherry tree. It’s taller too. It got planted in the poop hole. Ships have a poop deck. Our back yard had a poop hole. The former owners had a special hole into which doggie waste was to be disposed of. I think they put special enzymes in there to speed decomposition. It was like a doggie septic system. We never used it. It was just tiresome hole in the back yard. So we put a cherry tree in it.

It’s taken six years. When we moved in there was one tree in the front yard and some horrid boxwood shrubbery out front. I pulled out the boxwood. I’ve been slowly replacing it with hydrangeas and other perennials. On the very shady side of the stoop, I put in a ninja bush. No … I can’t remember what it’s called, but it starts with nin … and it grows delightfully in the shade. There’s lily-of-the-valley in front of it.

We’ve got boatloads of yarrow. If you need some yarrow, I’m your woman. It’s really a weed that I paid good money for I found out later. Oy! Now two lilac bushes grace us with blooms and finally the french lilac that I thought died gave off blooms this year too. I didn’t know that french lilacs are different when I bought it. They are … there’s no scent, but the blossoms are beautiful. My peonies are enormous this year and there are about 20 buds. Who knew?

The willow that we planted out back about 4 years ago is almost big enough to climb. The butterfly bush is looming large over all; tempting butterflies near and far.  The tulips are all up and bright.

first blooms on lilac

This is the lilac bush my dad gave me six years ago. It was a runner from one of his bushes in Vermont; so tiny it came in a half pint milk carton and I had to put a fence around it so that LightHusband wouldn’t mow it down. It took six years to bloom, but it was worth the wait.

Now I need to plant the new hydrangea I just bought and the two monarda that are perennials as well. I like watching my garden grow. A little here and a little there.  One tree at a time.


5 Responses  
  • Apple » One Tree At A Time writes:
    May 6th, 20085:44 pmat

    […] Ravine of Light wrote an interesting post today on One Tree At A TimeHere’s a quick excerpt Today I got a tree. A cherry tree to be exact. I believe it’s a Montmorency Cherry, but I’m not certain. LightBoy wanted to get an apple tree. But apple trees need to be pollinated in order to bear fruit. He had grand designs of taking our harvest to the farmer’s market. From our one tree. In our back yard. He has no shortage of self esteem. We discovered that cherry trees do not need to be pollinated. We are lazy. So we got a cherry tree. It’s taller too. It got planted in the poop hole. Sh […]

  • Maria writes:
    May 6th, 200810:26 pmat

    The lilacs look beautiful — reminds me of the day a couple of friends and I visited a local garden and went around sniffing all the lilacs (there were lots) like a bunch of cats! Just one question, to reveal my ignorance in the tree department — I thought fruit trees were pollinated by bees, not humans.

  • Adam G. writes:
    May 7th, 200812:59 pmat

    Very nice. When we lived in Brazil the second house we rented had a lime tree out back. That was good. Someday I hope to own an acreage and a house in Brazil, and will do a lot of planting. For now I content myself with a small, corner garden in New Jersey.

  • Ken writes:
    May 10th, 20088:08 pmat

    Beautiful, isn’t spring great! If you need any hostas lemme know, I need to split a bunch! I also have a golden rain tree that has seeded a bunch of sprouts, and a wisteria that has seeded some sprouts, its amazing to live in a place where things grow so crazy!

  • Mike writes:
    May 11th, 200811:35 pmat

    Happy Mother’s Day Sonja!!


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