Thanks! When we first bought the place, little cedars were cropping up everywhere. I put a stop to that, but you are sure welcome to come and get some in the wild areas. :D I will double check on the kind of plum trees I planted. The one that has been in the ground for two years is doing exceptional.



It was beautiful this spring for sure. We are blessed with a bounty of huge oak trees. When the leaves are off, they are something to amaze.


I will take a picture of the pick that I doubled over trying to dig holes for our azaleas. I buy pretty much everything small, as the holes are hard to dig when the majority of the ground is rock.


Great advise, but I have never heard of cotton burr compost. The tag on all of the trees I planted said to dig the hole double, and that is extremely difficult


Lewdog, I will take some pictures and post them.

quit planting trees in that spot?

Hibiscus down there? Mine are even frost sensitive here for a few weeks in the winter and need covering to make it through. Even had one die one winter.

Mine bloom from February to November....continuous. Love them.

I'll get some pictures. :D

Take some pictures and show them to a local reputable nursery. They'll be glad to help.

Sometimes they'll actually come out and plant it for you if you buy one of their trees.

A hated neighbor? All the way to the retirement destination and you have a hated neighbor?

That sucks Ed.

Things have changed and it is more difficult for me to post pictures than it used to be, not sure why. This the brown turkey fig that my SIL sent me last year, it was about 6 inches tall and came UPS. It reached 6 ft. last summer, but is much bushier this year.

http://i65.tinypic.com/6gx9xt.jpg

I love me some lilac trees. Those give off an incredible scent for several weeks. Just love em.

Yes sir, I made the mistake of trying to be peacemaker in a feud. Had wonderful neighbors everywhere we have lived.

This old bastard retired in 97, but is no longer relevant down here, things have changed.

Dad warned me to stay out of it, but it was too late.

The worst part, we are on a shared well together.

I had marked 32 cedar trees with a red x to be removed, all on my property. Some were on my side of the neighbors dam from an old farm pond.

He had his lawyer write me a letter that the extension service said the dam would deteriorate when the roots rotted once cut down. I would be liable for the dam and damage.

My lawyer said I am in the right, but it will cost me about $10,000 for the due process.

I have tried and tried to get along with this old asshole, but finally threw him off my property.

Ed, that is so ****ed. Country people...salt of the earth and all that...

I agree

Dad used to have them line the whole side of his circle drive. They were beautiful. I had planted a volunteer off of his in Illinois which did really well, then brought a volunteer off it down here but it didn't make it.

I do have a couple of volunteer burning bushes off of the ones up there that have succeeded down here. :D

I also planted 13 volunteer maple trees from up there, only one has survived, but it is really doing well and I have moved it twice.

I agree, I guess he really bullied the previous owners of this place. It is not a nice thing to say, but we are looking forward to father time solving the problem.

I could make his life absolutely miserable if I wanted to spend the money to do it, but we just try and avoid them. Most of our neighbors feel the same way.

It is kind of odd here as nobody, and I mean nobody is native to the area. These people are retired from Lincoln, Nebraska.

Eleven of the 20 poplar trees survived our three week vacation shortly after they were planted and will grow tall pretty darn fast. :D

Looking forward to seeing your pictures!

Yep. One of our neighbors has done real well with them, leaving them out all winter.

Last year I planted one and it flourished, beautiful. Then the deer literally cleaned it of any leaves in the fall.

So, this spring I planted two, and the deer cleaned them night before last. I am hoping they pull out of it with the few leaves that are left. I put gallon jugs with water and moth balls vented near them hoping it will keep the deer away.

Here is a picture of four of the fruit trees, plum, apple, peach and pear. The pear and peach are loaded right now with fruit. The plums have all fallen off prematurely.
http://i67.tinypic.com/e9x20p.jpg

Alright, here I go. We had nothing in this back yard but grass and a pool when we moved in. Not one plant.

Hedgehog Cactus. Blooms once a year for about 7-14 days.
http://i.imgur.com/qfDXsVu.jpg?1

Fishhook barrel cactus. Blooms once a year for 3-4 weeks. Got this cactus from a construction site in the desert where it had to be re-moved. I was given it in a cardboard box. Forgot about it for a week in the heat of the summer. Planted it anyway even though I thought it might have died. It's thriving.
http://i.imgur.com/nYsgfu2.jpg?1

Hemi Ed, here's the lime tree. It's 4-5 years old I think. Was planted 1.5 years ago. During the first year, I took most fruit off so the tree didn't have the stress and instead focused on growing/expanding. I have eaten about a dozen limes off this tree since we got it. This year, as you can see, I am letting more set on the tree.

http://i.imgur.com/yKrAI9t.jpg?1

Very small dwarf Meyer Lemon tree next to Agave. Bought at Home Depot for $28. Supposed to get max 8-10' tall but produce prolific lemons all year once more mature with a fairly large canopy.

http://i.imgur.com/6a0r97j.jpg?1

Golden barrel cactus along with a firestick in the back. The firestick is a succulent that actually turns more red/orange once temperatures drop in the winter here. Adds some nice landscape color when other things aren't blooming.

http://i.imgur.com/gTZFosm.jpg?1

Corner pool section. Red/Pink Hibiscus, about 5' tall. Pygmy palms with a Mediterranean palm in the middle. Small Sago palm in front of that. Two purple lantan flowers for spreading ground cover.

http://i.imgur.com/CJ9FwXM.jpg?1

http://i.imgur.com/OcdJCPa.jpg?1

Variegated Agave. This plant was so small. It grew massive within the past 1.5 years.

http://i.imgur.com/XhaAzkI.jpg?1

Green Cloud Sage. Likes to blooms frequently, more frequently during Monsoon season with the increased humidity.

http://i.imgur.com/eJ6n2A9.jpg?1

How cold are your winters? I get frost damage, even with covering, on our hibiscus. I wait until it's warmer and then remove the damaged parts. They come back nicely but many people here don't cover theirs and lose them during the winters here. Anything under 35 at night and they don't do so well.

Fruit trees are awesome. I am finding that lime trees here are pretty sensitive and need quite a bit of baby sitting/work. Mine has had some leaf curling recently that I can't figure out. Love the variety of fruit trees you have. Do you have the deer and birds eating them constantly?

Wow, gorgeous! You have done a tremendous job! Thanks for sharing those!

Maybe I should do like you and remove the fruit from our young trees?