A2Z 2025 — Day 23 — Witch Hazel and Willow

Witch HazelAnyone who has followed this blog for long knows I bought 10 young bare root witch hazel shrubs/trees a few years back and planted them along the south fence line.  It’s been a learning experience and there have been mishaps along the way — but all 10 are still alive.  I learned that deer…

The ‘Big Tree’ that Survived Hurricane Harvey

Trees are my friends. I have had a love affair with trees going since I was a small child. I regularly climbed the Stanley plum tree in my back yard. Our laundry was hung on lines strung between two oaks — in both our yard and in my grandparents’ yard. There was a spindly looking…