Over the years the house we call home has changed a lot. The builder planted two silver maple trees in our front yard and they matched every house -- all had two silver maple trees. I can remember the day I used my new chain saw to cut the trees down and clean them up. We burned the wood in our fireplace. As time passed there were years when the entire front was shaded by a pin oak, a sunburst locust and a plane tree. When this photo was taken the locust was still there but my wife complained about the tiny leaves that were tracked into the house. Now, after a costly landscape change the front of the house looks completely different.
More sun inside and less leaves outside.
ReplyDeleteWe have the same problem with our six birch trees.
A lot pf leaves on the lawn.
We replaced this tree with a Buckhorn tree and it doesn't get very big and has small leaves that have not been a nuisance.
DeleteThe Sunburst Locust was pretty, but in the Spring it dropped this stuff all over the drive way and when it rained, it looked like someone dumped out wet all bran cereal all over the drive way. Fall little tiny leaves. Becky's little convertible that use to set in the drive way, was covered with them, it had rained and that made the leaves stick to the car, even when driving down the interstate they didn't blow off, but she had a lot of people staring at her car. LOL
ReplyDeleteIt looks more than nice enough for me, but a bit of change never hurts. We have among other trees 5 or 6 birches around our "estate". However, we have to take the top off them from time to time since they block the view of the fjords for neighbours behind us.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting about the trees and how you've had different ones through the years.
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