tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012091795932325815.post8063251031165672445..comments2018-11-29T21:54:37.049-06:00Comments on Watch Out For The Bull: Pecan Trees and Rebuilding a PondRichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11412944120622315804noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012091795932325815.post-2249797066466681402014-05-11T19:11:09.241-05:002014-05-11T19:11:09.241-05:00About 20 years ago, I helped my brother dig up som...About 20 years ago, I helped my brother dig up some redbuds off of the farm so we could transplant them at his house. He moved out of that house soon after we planted those trees, but I happened to drive by about 5 years ago and "my trees" are still there. <br /><br />Start thinking like Johnny Appleseed and start planting trees anywhere and everywhere if you have ever thought about planting trees in the future. They'll always be your trees.<br /><br />Bulldozers are similar to the idea of the duality of man, I can destroy something with it or I can build something useful with it. If I build something with it correctly, it should look like I didn't do much work at all when I'm finished. <br /><br />It might be obvious that I do a lot of thinking and philosophizing while I'm using a bulldozer. <br /><br /> Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11412944120622315804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012091795932325815.post-60702225864532458822014-05-11T18:57:24.189-05:002014-05-11T18:57:24.189-05:00When I said "...I don't want to deal with...When I said "...I don't want to deal with a bunch of spoiled trees in the future...", I was only half-joking. I had some seedlings that I planted at the same time that I tried to dig up so I could move them to a different spot and the roots went halfway to China (or it might have been Japan). Tough love can be the best thing for small trees because it forces them to get out there and hustle up some water during a drought, so when the wet times finally come they can really take off and grow (or at least that's how I see it).<br /><br />The best advice I can give about digging a pond is if you take a transit or a water level and lay out the pond before you start digging, it's a whole lot easier to dig a pond. Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11412944120622315804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012091795932325815.post-50982716474478913592014-05-11T08:22:20.819-05:002014-05-11T08:22:20.819-05:00I've always wanted to plant lots of trees and ...I've always wanted to plant lots of trees and I have a few over the years but my life has been so transitory that I never have gotten serious. One of these days I'm going to end up somewhere that I feel is for good and start planting lots of trees. By then I'll probably be too old to ever hope to make a pecan pie from the nuts but perhaps my kids or grandkids will be able too. That is if they aren't like me and lead transitory lives.<br /><br />There must be something about men and bulldozers. I've often seen a deep draw and have thought that if I pushed up a dam I could have a damn fine pond! Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13214319366049620074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012091795932325815.post-58799233633907333912014-05-11T07:36:57.074-05:002014-05-11T07:36:57.074-05:00I put in a bunch of trees about the same time you ...I put in a bunch of trees about the same time you did, and the drought that year sucked... I dragged 300' of hose around all summer, feeling like an idiot, thinking they'd all probably die anyway.<br /><br />The only trees that haven't made it are a few of the pawpaws, which is no surprise... they'd much prefer the moist understory by a creek. There are a few other random ones that didn't make it, but I've been happy to see the vast majority leafing out this year and doing well.<br /><br />Pecans would be great... maybe I should try to establish some of those where the others failed...<br /><br />I would love to have a dozer like that... it would be a lot of fun to build a pond. I've thought about building a smallish one here using the little backhoe... maybe someday if I'm bored... it is meditative to sit on the thing and watch it move earth...Ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13630929746033282061noreply@blogger.com