When we moved here, I saw a small article in the paper about getting free trees. I like free "stuff" and free trees sounded great so I became a member of Arbor Day Farms for something like $25. Sure enough my 10 free "trees" arrived - they were barely more than twigs and I was skeptical. Arbor Day recommends planting the tree twigs in a sheltered place the first year and then transplanting which I did. Last fall six of the ten were doing okay so I dug them up and transplanted them - not a fun job, but lo and behold the tree twigs are alive and putting out leaves now! I rec'd 10 forsythias yesterday with my membership renewal and need to plant those today - I'm going to plant them in pots or trust to the fates and plant them where I want them to be eventually - the transplanting thing is too much work. One of these days, I'm going to drive up to Arbor Day Farms which is in Nebraska.
Comments (4)
Mom, you sound just like your son-in-law--he'd be proud of you!
Posted by Elizabeth | April 7, 2003 1:35 AM
Posted on April 7, 2003 01:35
Hands down, no question which I would choose - I will never, ever sod a sodding yard again!
Posted by Cynthia | April 6, 2003 7:44 AM
Posted on April 6, 2003 07:44
I bet transplanting those trees was hard work, but I'm willing to wager it wasn't nearly as hard compared to sodding your whole yard! Now that you've experienced both, which one would you take a gander at again?
Posted by Theresa | April 5, 2003 8:56 PM
Posted on April 5, 2003 20:56
Wow! And I thought Austin's NeighborWoods program was cool. We don't have to pay the $25 annual membership fee, but we only got 3 "trees" (i.e. tall sticks planted in dirt), and I doubt we'll get more next year.
I'm probably just overly timid, but I would be afraid of hurting the trees if I tried to transplant them. Good job! and I hope you have even better success with your new batch.
Posted by Jfer | April 5, 2003 10:00 AM
Posted on April 5, 2003 10:00