Last spring I planted a Weeping Willow tree. One of my favorite childhood memories was being at my Grandma Edna's house and playing in and under that tree and giving it a "haircut" with the clippers. So when we moved here and had the room to have one, I planted one. And it has thrived! That is, until today. I woke up this morning to my Willow laying down! I immediately blamed the black lab because he is usually the one who causes any yard damage. Whoops. It was a bull! Apparently my FIL took the battery off of the electric fence where his two bulls are (which is in the pasture right in front of my house) and put it on another fence. So one of the big boys figured out he could escape! And the first thing he came across was my little tree. It was interesting to follow his tracks, since it is muddy from all of this blasted rain, and see where he ventured to. He was clear up nosing around the house! He eventually made his way up to the pasture where the cows are, so he isn't lost. And he didn't destroy anything else. And I wonder, what was the black lab doing while the bull was poking about? He sure didn't wake us up with any barking. The biggest damage is that the trunk is spilt and then bent. Maybe if we tape and stake it, it will heal up? I don't know, I have never doctored a tree before. Does anyone know if that might work? I think we'll try.
Ironically, my youngest and I went on a nature walk around the farm yesterday afternoon and found THREE four leaf clovers! So much for the luck, eh? We put them between wax paper and stuck them in a book to dry.
Have a wonderful weekend!!
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Willows are pretty resilient. I would try the tape method. Something else you can try if you want to plant more is rooting branches off of someone's else's WW in rooting hormone. They transplant easily!! I plan to put some along my pastures.
ReplyDeletewow i love weeping willows. your idea for doctoring it sound good. glad the little ones weren't outside when the bull escaped. think your lab was wise just to "steer" clear! lol big hugs :)
ReplyDeleteaw, i'm so sorry about your tree :(
ReplyDeletei hope the doctoring will work-keep us posted! naughty dog failing on his watch--good thing it was when no one was around.
now i want a weeping willow!
Wow, what a wonderful blog you have. I love your garden food storage goals list. Gives me a lot of ideas on what to grow in our tiny little kitchen garden patch!
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