I’ve been living in my house for 15 years. During that time, I’ve planted a few trees, bushes, flowers, vines, vegetables, and herbs. The birds have done their share of “planting” too.
White Pine when it was a baby
This is what my White Pine looked like when I first planted it. It was about 3′ tall. I bought it at Meijer where I get most of my plants.
I can’t tell from the photo if I started my vegetable garden or not. It doesn’t look like it.
You can see that I planted the tree a safe distance away from my house. Or, at least it appears that way.
Now, many years later, this is what my White Pine looks like. It’s not a baby anymore! It produces many pine cones.
White Pine “baby” is all grown up and still growing!
My vegetable garden has been in place for many years now too and the White Pine provided needed shade for it this summer. Even though this summer was a hot one and broke records, my house was not nearly as warm as it had been in years past. I think my trees have kept my property cooler. My once gigantic backyard now dwarfs in comparison to my trees!
Austrian White Pine
With a name like Austrian White Pine (above) you would think this tree would be very photogenic. I had to take 5 shots of it and I’m still not happy with the results. I ended up chopping the top off in the photo. I’ll try to get a better shot. But you can see the shape of the pine needles and the bushiness of the shape of the branches. It’s a very dark green which doesn’t quite show in the photo. It produces pine cones too. Austrian White Pines are slow growers.
You know, I didn’t take a shot of my Silver Maple, a tree that the birds “planted.” I just took a look at my backyard now and the tree is casting a good amount of shade on my house which I never realized before. This is the reason my bedroom is much cooler. When I saw this tree growing as a baby, I tried to hack it down. All that did was create two trunks. This was a very determined tree. It has gotten very tall and is now spreading out. I’m glad I didn’t kill it. I’ll get a photo of it soon to include here.
I’m also very proud of my Colorado Blue Spruce below. You can really appreciate the blue color of this spruce in contrast to my neighbor’s green tree behind it.
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Colorado Blue Spruce – love the blue
Wow your white pine is so tall! You have beautiful trees Marcella, do they get decorated for the holidays?
It’s huge! No, I haven’t decorated them. They’re in the back of the house and hardly anyone could see them from the street if I did. Besides, even if I did, there is a family that over-decorates and nobody would see mine (even if I set it on fire!) Maybe I’ll take a photo of their decorations and put it on my blog. You have to see it to believe it.
I love tree’s!