The whole "things are good, but I live in a nightmare scenario" is something I think about regularly. I'm like one of those upper district extras in the Hunger Games. Not the rich ones with with weird clothes, but like the people below that, who have a house and food, and don't have to periodically fight to the death. So all the "problems" feel like made up nonsense when compared to everything else, but in that moment, oof.
I have a couple of trees that I bought on clearance from Lowe's trying to revive and score a killer deal, but none of them are regrowing leaves. They are still very much alive according to their root appearance and things like the scratch test, but the distinct lack of leaves has me very concerned about whether they'll actually make it.
It's something I love about hanging with the trees—they don't care about our problems, they're doing their own thing, and we're welcome to just BE with them.
Sounds like you're doing all the right things with the trees, fingers crossed they make it! Keeping them in light shade may be helpful until they recover, as direct sun this time of year especially can get stressful for weak plants. A tree I trunk chopped months ago has only just started putting out new buds, and even then only in one spot.
The whole "things are good, but I live in a nightmare scenario" is something I think about regularly. I'm like one of those upper district extras in the Hunger Games. Not the rich ones with with weird clothes, but like the people below that, who have a house and food, and don't have to periodically fight to the death. So all the "problems" feel like made up nonsense when compared to everything else, but in that moment, oof.
I have a couple of trees that I bought on clearance from Lowe's trying to revive and score a killer deal, but none of them are regrowing leaves. They are still very much alive according to their root appearance and things like the scratch test, but the distinct lack of leaves has me very concerned about whether they'll actually make it.
It's something I love about hanging with the trees—they don't care about our problems, they're doing their own thing, and we're welcome to just BE with them.
Sounds like you're doing all the right things with the trees, fingers crossed they make it! Keeping them in light shade may be helpful until they recover, as direct sun this time of year especially can get stressful for weak plants. A tree I trunk chopped months ago has only just started putting out new buds, and even then only in one spot.
Hear, hear!
Hey Max! Enjoying your SS very much. You've got an engaging colloquial style. Thought of you this AM when I saw this over on Kottke: t.ly/7n5w
Thank you! That Kottke post is excellent, because of course it is.