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Happy Arbor Day!

Today is National Arbor Day! What types of trees are you planting today?

G-man;1179608 wrote: Happy Arbor Day!

Today is National Arbor Day! What types of trees are you planting today?


None:wah:

none ground still got snow on it

But happy arbor day to anyone doing so.

qsducks;1179624 wrote: None:wah:
Get out there and plant a tree, dammit! :wah:

minks;1179625 wrote: none ground still got snow on it

But happy arbor day to anyone doing so.
What?! You really do live in an igloo, don't you? :p

G-man;1179641 wrote: Get out there and plant a tree, dammit! :wah:



What?! You really do live in an igloo, don't you? :p


I'm surrounded by trees dammit and they have a probs dropping seeds everywhere! Always pulling them up.:sneaky:

qsducks;1179643 wrote: I'm surrounded by trees dammit and they have a probs dropping seeds everywhere! Always pulling them up.:sneaky:


Sounds like you've got the wrong kinds of trees... :p There are plenty of non-invasive trees you could replace them with on the link provided in the thread title. I keep all of the invasive varieties out by themselves and just mow down all of the seedlings that sprout that I don't want.

G-man;1179645 wrote: Sounds like you've got the wrong kinds of trees... :p There are plenty of non-invasive trees you could replace them with on the link provided in the thread title. I keep all of the invasive varieties out by themselves and just mow down all of the seedlings that sprout that I don't want.


We have a maple tree and some other big thing...have no idea what it is but it was strong enough to invade my basement with it's roots. the maple is the worst...total seed dropper and do you have btw, $8,000 to help with the cost of cutting the maple down?:wah:

qsducks;1179651 wrote: We have a maple tree and some other big thing...have no idea what it is but it was strong enough to invade my basement with it's roots. the maple is the worst...total seed dropper and do you have btw, $8,000 to help with the cost of cutting the maple down?:wah:


Sugar maple? ...the kind that has the whirligig seeds? You could sell it for hardwood and possibly make a few thousand dollars depending on the condition of the tree (ie. size, straightness...). The other one definitely needs to come down!

G-man;1179662 wrote: Sugar maple? ...the kind that has the whirligig seeds? You could sell it for hardwood and possibly make a few thousand dollars depending on the condition of the tree (ie. size, straightness...). The other one definitely needs to come down!


My neighbor has an ash tree which used to drop those little thorny balls into the yard...it died so that is one tree that is not my probs. The big tree is in the middle of both properties so we would have to share costs on cutting that mf down.

qsducks;1179663 wrote: My neighbor has an ash tree which used to drop those little thorny balls into the yard...it died so that is one tree that is not my probs. The big tree is in the middle of both properties so we would have to share costs on cutting that mf down.


Thorny balls? Sycamore tree? I've got some huge ones here...

G-man;1179677 wrote: Thorny balls? Sycamore tree? I've got some huge ones here...


No not a sycamore...just an ugly tree with a huge black spot inthe middle of it and the branches are falling off it...probs because we killed the roots from it in the basement, idk. It also killed my pear tree out front.

qsducks;1179689 wrote: No not a sycamore...just an ugly tree with a huge black spot inthe middle of it and the branches are falling off it...probs because we killed the roots from it in the basement, idk. It also killed my pear tree out front.


Weird... A pear tree is a nice small tree... kill the other trees and replace 'em with pear trees!

Symmetry..............

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G-man;1179641 wrote: Get out there and plant a tree, dammit! :wah:



What?! You really do live in an igloo, don't you? :p


darn close yep.

QD I love your siggy picture:-4

G-man;1179608 wrote: Happy Arbor Day!

Today is National Arbor Day! What types of trees are you planting today?


we don't plant trees until after May 24th weekend, still way to cold to survive.

I'm having two 17 ft trees taken out of my garden next week. Best i plant some new one's.

minks;1179793 wrote: darn close yep.

QD I love your siggy picture:-4
I like the duck with the safetypin "nose" ring. :p

along-for-the-ride;1179762 wrote: Symmetry..............
Very nice.

Odie;1179810 wrote: we don't plant trees until after May 24th weekend, still way to cold to survive.
I sometimes forget how much colder it is in Toronto, despite having lived there and having spent so much time there.

oscar;1179823 wrote: I'm having two 17 ft trees taken out of my garden next week. Best i plant some new one's.
Maybe QS would like them?

I planted a few trees today... not because I knew it was Arbor Day... I was planting trees yesterday, too. :p I planted some zelkova, katsura, Japanese pagoda, chestnut, Canadian hemlock, Douglas fir, Ben Franklin trees, blue spruce, Serbian spruce, Kentucky coffee trees, Russian olives, a fig tree, white birch trees, catalpa, paw-paw ("Indiana banana"), mountain ash, honey locusts, and some fruit trees... tomorrow I'll finish planting fruit trees and some nut trees.

I also planted some hardy kiwi vines, chokeberry shrubs (Saskatoon serviceberry), dewberry vines.

G-man;1179837 wrote:







I sometimes forget how much colder it is in Toronto, despite having lived there and having spent so much time there.






Happy Arbor Day to you!