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| Tuskeegee crepe myrtle in front Overcup Oak in back |
Today we spent the morning pruning limbs from trees we planted in 2004 - just 7 years ago. You can see the crepe myrtle in front. Behind the crepe myrtle is the big overcup oak. There are about a dozen other trees this size on the west side of our house, all planted in 2004 and most were small seedlings. They are all big trees now.
The bottom photo of limbs was taken after we removed bottom limbs from some of the trees so Jim could ride underneath on the riding lawn mower. When we planted these trees, most were shorter than 5' and now I can stand under them and I am over 5' tall. They have grown so fast in our poor, hard clay dirt soil. We'll probably have to start raking leaves this fall since they all have so many leaves this year and are getting big.
