The trees are turning colors but they are not as bright and the color seems a little "off" this year. We had a dry and hot summer so that could have something to do with it. 57 degrees this morning and will get close to 80 this afternoon.
Speaking of trees turning colors.... Directly across the street is planted a great Liquid Amber.
At the time we bought, the supe offered us a free tree. I did not want a
tree in the front yard. I did not know what a liquid amber was, anyway. I thanked him, and
because it was free, took it anyway, and promptly gave it to my neighbor...yup..across the street.
The nursery guy who came out 6 mos later to tell me it needed some PH adjustment, said
he sold a similar tree for $150.00. Wow.. I added some white stuff to the ground, lots of
fertilizer (BTW, my neighbor worked in Reno and was seldom home..His wife was a school
teacher, was also seldom home, and knew nothing about green stuff..) I nursed that darn tree,
I even (when we still smoked) saved cig butts, soaked them in water, and sprayed the tree
with tobacco water to get rid of mites, and some fungus? It worked... The tree grew, and grew..
My neighbor and his wife, now nearly 14 years later, recently lost the house. It's been vacant for 3 months.
The water was cut off immediately. I tired of lugging buckets of water across the street. The tree is dying now.
The leaves have turned, and it's because it's dying.
I feel horrible. It's like losing one of my kids.. I hope it rains soon.
And so it goes....
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