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([personal profile] joebanks Apr. 23rd, 2012 12:08 am)
Would you call it reaffirming, ironic or  poorly timed, that the  100+ year old Maple that i had cut down this past winter has sprouted a lawn full of seedlings this spring?  I mowed around dozens of them today; there they are, unawares that their parent was removed in an unatural death  while in  dormant sleep;  not allowed  to nourish it's offspring as they grew and fed off it's decay.  There are more of these individuals coming up through the grass then there has been in many a spring.  And, what do i do with them?  I have two other Maples in the yard, one of them is likely an child of the old tree.  I had planned to maybe grow a smaller ornamental tree in the area  the old one once occupied, something like a native Dogwood or a Red Bud.  No one i know wants a tree. If i were to let one of these grow they would interfere with the wires and the electric comapny would come and buthcer it when it reached the height of the wires.

From: [identity profile] rafqa.livejournal.com


Where are the deer when you need them?

From: [identity profile] kabuldur.livejournal.com


Wow, are they seedlings that can now sprout because they have more light, or are they suckers from the roots? Either way, I would just kep mowing them over. You want a smaller tree, er...shrub, there. Maybe send them a massage or prayer.
Edited Date: 2012-04-23 11:08 am (UTC)

From: [identity profile] kabuldur.livejournal.com


Hmmm...then maybe one of Sahlah's suggestions might work...if you have the time!

Eh, that should have read above: 'keep' and 'message'. Stupid typos!

From: [identity profile] joebanks.livejournal.com


I didn't even notice your typo, but sounds like a plan.

From: [identity profile] sahlah.livejournal.com


Do you have a plant amnesty program in your community? We do in Seattle - you list your plants/shrubs/trres and folks will come dig them up and take them to their new home.

You could go find a natural area near by and do some transplanting yourself...

From: [identity profile] joebanks.livejournal.com


Nothing like that that i've ever heard of. I could put some over on the rail road's property.
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