I understand the frustration of losing a pear tree. My neice SHOT one off one summer. They where out to target practice. And the poor tree was WAY to the right of the targets and she still hits it.journey11 said:My BIL girded one of my new pear trees with the weedeater last year. It even had little baby pears on it. Who in their right mind?....(I had a real hard time forgiving, lol.)
( Guess she REALLY needed practice!) scary, too.
Oh my, yes, take away her gun! LOL. Maybe with more practice....Carol Dee said:I understand the frustration of losing a pear tree. My neice SHOT one off one summer. They where out to target practice. And the poor tree was WAY to the right of the targets and she still hits it.journey11 said:My BIL girded one of my new pear trees with the weedeater last year. It even had little baby pears on it. Who in their right mind?....
he was attempting to take out some 'brush' trees that were growing behind it and thought it was part of them even though it still had it's bright tags still attached. so now i have to replace a red delicious apple since it was one of my main pollinators. :/ i wish i could find some scion wood for that variety so i could learn some grafting.
Willows fortunately are fairly easy to root. They even have their own rooting hormone. My Daddy would go cut tips off willow branches, cut them into 1/2" peices and soak in water. He would then use that water as his rooting base for other plants he was trying to grow. 
