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So...you are growing a Catalpa tree from seeds?
O wow!
Yes, we are growing seeds. I think I mentioned before that R in his travels collects seeds from any bush or tree that he likes and dares to try growing them in our climate. He came back from his trip with 3 kinds of acorns, 2 kinds of maple seed, sand plums and I'm not sure what else. I germinated some catalpa seeds he had collected earlier which are growing nicely in a pot and we are working on some acorns. We will try to grow them into trees on the lake lot. It's a good hobby for both of us - very manageable.
I think the plan is to keep them inside for the winter and plant them out at the lot next spring. I hope our climate isn't too harsh for Catalpa,
I suspect R wouldn't mind us sending you some seeds if you can't get any.
Good for you planting indigenous trees and those at risk, I love trees. Parts of Ontario, I gather where you are, have a great mild climate for growing.
We have a couple of different acorns from the Denver Co area (which has some cold weather) planted in pots. and will see what happens there.
cw - I'd never heard of a catalpa tree until we identified the pods. R took them from boulevard trees in Calgary. Tulip trees are lovely (I saw many in the UK) and the black walnut sounds amazing.
We’re now northeast of there, in a cooler zone. We have a lot of black walnuts. We planted hundreds of conifers, then once they grew tall enough, infilled with deciduous trees. Hoping the conifers would hide the deciduous seedlings from hungry deer. We have gluttonous rabbits too.
I understand your "un-ease" at asking for catalpa pods. I don't find that sort of thing comfortable. R just walks up, rings the doorbell. has a good chat and gets what he wants - be it seeds or sometimes fruit.
2 gallons put up yesterday and planning one more excursion to have some to share. I process everything and give frozen canning jars of fresh tuna juice. I may be doing it all wrong when I read about all the gifts of fresh produce that the recipient has to process. :-/ oh well! I am happy when I get my jars back.
We are heading into our planting season and I am looking forward to the harvest. Hopefully it is as bountiful as what I have been reading here.
We are about to get pups! (Something the plant does to reproduce itself).
Something is terribly wrong when you buy something beautiful you might like, bring it home, and find that you want to give it away to neighbors. It's been that way for awhile now.
My own garden is neglected in 107 degree heat.
Tree trimming incidents between neighbors could be increasing.
It's common to have disputes-one wants the trees to grow, the other objects to the overgrowth onto their property.
The tree company cut a nearby tree, and I heard yelling. Went to see, and the tree owner was yelling not at the tree trimmers, but the neighbors. Content was actually a hate incident (not a hate crime). Used profanity, told them to go back to where they came from.
Another person down the street was angry they cut her fruit tree on her own property.
Others with fruit trees were not cut.
So, in the news, a person was killed over a tree incident. First ever I have heard of this. Maybe the anger is out of hand, out of control.
Are neighbor was cutting a tree down, a few years ago. Oops they missed and it fell on are car.
Accidents happen, and there homeowners insurance paid for it. Really wasn't a big deal at all. I actually thought it was a tad funny.
Oh my 107 , ugh. How does anything grow?
That's the kind of people that higher landscapers and where the money is
In the spring I grow all these flowers, and I think to myself how sad it will be when the Frost hits and they die.
Now it's almost October and I'm still watering, and very tired of it and looking forward to them dieing off.
R has talked about making a presentation to town council about the planned development on our side. Permissions would have been given over 20 years ago when there may not have been as much concern for keeping trees.
He may even be sitting there thinking that you will be happy he cut them down. Thinking he did you a favor
My garden is a blessing to me but has been a mixed blessing since DH has declined so much. Yes, it’s the very best therapy for me, physically and mentally, but I didn’t know I would be taking care of it all by myself. Still, I wouldn’t give it up for anything.
I’d give up the deer in a hot minute though. And the moles. And the mice. And the spiders.
I love gardening, but right now I am glad that it's starting to wind down, and that I'm in the Northeast.
I'm sure when we get 12 inches of snow I won't be saying that
Nacy, we moved away from the snow only a couple years ago so I understand that feeling of relief at the end of the season. Seems like it never gets cold enough here in the PNW to kill the weeds. If I don’t get out with the hoe over the winter, by spring they have trunks!
Golden, if the deer don’t eat it, they stomp through it, scrape their antlers on it or lay in it and stare at me when I try to run them off.
On a non-complaining note, just looking out a window here makes me breathe a little deeper and if I can get outside for a couple hours (or 8) I am a happier person.