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6. Yes. We had 8 huge maples on our property growing up.

Sat Jan 24, 2026, 06:42 PM

Jan 24

They each got diseased and we had to cut most of them down. My dad had an oak tree sapling planted on our front lawn one day. We came home from school and saw this ten foot high stick in the ground and we thought it was boys from the private school across the road playing a joke on us. It is a mighty oak and is getting big at 60 + years. When my brother died I calculated that he and the tree were roughly the same age so it reminds me of him whenever I drive by. Trees are the best.

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Your moment of Zen: [View all] applegrove Jan 24 OP

I'm a tree hugger from the 60's and 70's - love this! biophile Jan 24 #1

Yes another day, another victim and the continued applegrove Jan 24 #3

And your name too, applegrove, kindred spirits Easterncedar Jan 24 #5

Yes. We had 8 huge maples on our property growing up. applegrove Jan 24 #6

I have some American chestnut seeds in the fridge Easterncedar Jan 24 #7

Good for you. We don't have chestnut trees in my 'ahem' neck applegrove Jan 24 #8

They once were the dominant species in the eastern us Easterncedar Jan 24 #9

Same thing happened to elms when I was a kid. applegrove Jan 24 #10

Yes. I mourned the elms, too. The chestnuts were long gone Easterncedar Jan 24 #11

My cousin took a photo of a spruce bud worm. It is one applegrove Jan 24 #12

With a name like yours, you are clearly kindred Easterncedar Jan 24 #4

Thank you Easterncedar Jan 24 #2

I think I see ... broccoli! Intractable Jan 24 #13

It does kind of look like a micro-picture. applegrove Jan 24 #14

How lovely!.... electric_blue68 Jan 25 #15

Lucky you. I love canopies. Some day maybe I'll go down to latin America and applegrove Jan 25 #16

Enjoy the trees wherever you are! electric_blue68 Jan 25 #18

I grew up just west of those Palisades Nittersing Jan 25 #17

Very cool! They're quite the sight! electric_blue68 Jan 25 #19