Vince is going to pick up three Yoshino Cherry trees and two Red Maples for us to plant in the yard. I think that ought to do as far as trees for the house. We may remove a couple of cedar trees that are getting wind damage. We have about 15 cedars that were part of the original growth on the land.

Here are a couple of pictures of the sugar maple and pin oak buds. I didn’t take photos last year to compare these to. I wonder if the exceptional drought conditions last year harmed them in any way. Throughout the summer, I kept 5 gallon buckets with small holes in them on the mulch around their base. I’d fill them with water every other day or so that would then take about 30 minutes to slowly release the water.

Since we don’t have the Jeep anymore, Vince is going to see if he can borrow a truck from his sister who lives a few houses down from us. We have a rough idea where the trees will be planted, but we’ll figure out exactly where once they get here.