Memorials

~Cherry Trees~
Most of the trees we've planted have been fruit trees. Grandpa had Pear and Maulberry trees, and so we have tried to add to the fruit. One year we choose Cherry trees for our memorial planting. These are drawf trees, and other than last year when we lost all the fruit from the ice storms, these trees have been loaded! This year although there are plenty of cherries, many are blighted from the hail.


Cherry picking time- July 7, 2008


May 25, 2008


(May 08)

One of our traditions is to plant a tree on memorial day instead of taking flowers to the cemetery. We live on the place that belonged to my grandparents, and my grandpa loved trees. In fact, really he would plant a tree in any available spot that looked like it was available at the moment (well, that's a LITTLE exaggeration...) anyway he didn't have any use for spending money on flowers for graves, so we knew that he could appreciate us honoring his memory in this way. Not all our trees have lived, however we keep trying. This is the 2nd tree we've had in this spot, I believe it's a flowering crab, and although we just planted it last year, it's quite beautiful this year already. This is our only tree in the front yard, the first one we had survived moving it several months after we'd originally planted it, then a bad windstorm which nearly up-rooted it, and after the 2nd storm a couple months later it totally succumbed. I hope we have better luck with this one!