You may recall having seen the Picea glauca 'Pendula' pictured above (directly behind the notch in the garden bench). This is a weeping white spruce and it's at least 15 feet tall... it was being shaded out by surrounding trees. A specimen such as this is quite valuable from a financial standpoint and besides, I really like it. Today I made the final decision to move it and it was not an easy task. For one thing, we had cold 30 mph winds which made replanting it very difficult as it was quite top heavy... the reason for that is that my ball and burlapping skills are pretty much without merit. I ended up soaking what roots there were for a couple of hours and dousing it with root stimulant once in the ground. I had root pruned last season, but there didn't seem to be many results from that, probably I should have waited a year or more to make the move. On the positive side, its new home is a spot where I will be reminded to baby it along as it adapts to its new surroundings. It also is within 15 feet of another tree of the same kind... perhaps it will gain strength for being in this new relationship! To be honest, I do have concerns that I could lose it. The unfortunate thing is that I will have to put up with these ugly seven foot steel posts for at least a year or more, otherwise I'm sure it would fall over in no time. This is all part of a new kick I'm on involving allowing enough space for the plants I have, especially the conifers... many more will be moved in the next few weeks, but none as large as this one seen below in its new home.
By the way... what was the cottage garden has been re-conceived as a conifer garden and that's the main reason this tree was moved to this spot.
So that just about used up my morning. Now for after lunch... the following shows the wind break on the north and west part of the property. It was getting in tough shape, again mainly because the conifers were shading each other out. It had become an impenetrable mass of dead branches with a frosting of foliage on either side. It did not close off the view of the ag bags and equipment of the neighboring farm behind it any longer in the way I wanted it to... this condition is somewhat noticeable in the following two pictures...
So... this afternoon my wife and our younger son joined me in taking care of the situation...
The next step will be to dig post holes and install a stockade fence... we will have reclaimed a goodly amount of property. Down the road a few of these trees may be removed allowing additional light and planting space. As an aside, these trees were planted at one foot tall twenty-five years ago. At the time I laid used carpet as a 'landscape fabric' that would breath and allow moisture through and spread three semi-truck loads of cocoa bean hulls over the top... we picked up a bit of that carpet with the tip of the chain saw today... I now use cardboard or newspaper before applying the mulch to shrub and tree areas as it breaks down nicely and in short order... live awhile and learn a lot!
Until next time, Larry
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