had to cut down and old friend today....

[growalot]

One of the few wht. pines we have on the place...We saved it from the goats with a fence for years....It was a great tree to sit under in the summer and read.... Deer loved to bed under it...but it was already mature when we moved here 22years ago and had a 3 part trunk...the wind took out one then another a few years ago and that gave way to insects then disease......Mr B really was hoping that orange in the needles would magically disappear...I knew better and dropped her while he was gone.... Funny how we can become attached to the plants/trees that grow around us. He noticed right away..." So Paulette Bunyan...I see you dropped it while I was away"....It had NO Sap in it and was extremely light to haul away, he wants the big chunks for bomb fires so I chunked it up and the rest went to the fences.

Edited June 5, 2016 by growalot

[philoshop]

They certainly can become treasured friends over the years.

[growalot]

PS...I know it is bonfires...but when your burning stuff like pine or a not so dry wood...bomb fires is a bit more accurate at our place...

[turkeyfeathers]

Hey, did that deer move when you cut it down?

 

Sorry you lost a friend and Smores at Growies !!!!

[DirtTime]

I have never had a favorite tree on land I hunted. I have yet to own land, so no fav tree either.

 

However, I have always tried to get a specific site in one of the campgrounds I frequent. It's on the outside of the loop and I do have a tree I have nourished with recycled beer and watched grow over the past 20 years. Not sure if that counts, but if that tree was to be cut down I would miss it.

Not trying to be a wise guy either. That's the only tree that has been a part of my life that I remember. 

 

 

[growalot]

I collect plants and trees that have a special meaning to me and people in my life...many plants that belonged to people who have passed...a yucca plant, iris,hosta,azaleas lilacs,peony trees and shrubs,day lilies,pines...These plants I collected from their gardens . I keep the plants alive with my memories of them attached to each plant...I had a lot of plants that have traveled with me over the years...

[growalot]

 

Hey, did that deer move when you cut it down?

 

Nope...But I sure hope he strolls by this fall...he was illegal to shoot at our place on that day last year..note the empty tree stand in pic....