We have an accepted offer on house #4, which by no means means that it's final. However, in the event that it does go through, Aaron and I decided to spend date night Friday evening daydreaming about how to landscape the yard. (Since all there is right now is dirt.) This is what we came up with, and I'm pretty excited about it.
I'm really in to fragrant, flowering trees, so that explains the line of Lindens along the front. And the Lilacs, Orange Flowering Fragrant Teas Olive, and Banded Laurel, but those are more like bushes than trees. I'm also really in to fruit trees. I kind of feel like, if you're going to plant a bunch of trees in your yard, they might as well be useful and provide food. (I'm also really in to canning in the fall.) All the fruit trees are self-pollinating, except the two cherry trees, which will pollinate each other.
Now, onto the birthday ideas. :) So, I had it in my head that trees were expensive, like $50 a pop or more. But I was looking around online, and found arborday.org, and they have some pretty inexpensive trees for sale. I was thrilled.
Black Tartarian Cherry - $13.96
Dwarf Bing Cherry - $13.98
Dwarf Belle of Georgia Peach - $12.98
Dwarf Methley Plum - $12.98
Silver Linden - $6.98
Those are the member prices, but it's only $10 to become a member, and if you become a member they will send you 10 FREE trees. I so want to become a member! They pick the kind of trees, but you can pick a group. For example, you can pick to receive 10 Flowering Trees, or 10 Autumn Splendor Trees, or 10 Pine Trees, or whatever, there are about 10 different kinds of groups you can pick from. Cool! Even if I didn't plant the 10 free trees in my own yard, it would be fun to give them to friends and family, or donate them to the city, or whatever.
After finding those first few, I still had 2 spots for fruit trees planned in the yard, but I had to go to a different site to find some more self-pollinating trees. I found gurneys.com and on their site they have my last two trees.
Semi-Dwarf Honeysweet Pear - $24.99
2-in-1 Double Delicious Apple - $34.99
Anyways, this year for my birthday, I want trees. I'm so excited about it, I can hardly sit still!
2 comments:
Oh my goodness, I can not even begin to tell you how Extremely jealous I am! But, happy for you :0) I hope to someday ask for trees for my birthday too. Can't wait to hear how it all goes!!
Great plans! I read you post about the arbor day membership and think it's a fantastic idea.
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