I've seen portions of the area transformed in this area that I've lived in. Forests, rich forests, gone. I don't know what to think though, because more forests were cut down to create the homes that I've lived in. :/ What beautiful evergreens you had in the first photo.... I'd love to see the sand dunes and parrots again sometime, over there.
Yeah, I know, and what I live in now used to be a forest too until the early 80s. This whole area was wild until the late 70s until you hit the 'city' of Titusville. It's just really mostly houses now, and while I don't mind living near people I don't want to feel like I'm living in the middle of a sea of houses. Up until now it didn't feel like that, but looking out my back window it does. Thank goodness for the drainage easement or else that one lone tree would be gone too and I'd be right up against that new house. I embraced the play I grew up with, where each house had at least an acre of land so there was lots of room to let the trees fill in the gaps.
There were a bunch of little sapling trees just on the otherside of my fence. A bunch of them got zapped by the cold but some are still growing. I was thinking about knocking them back so that I still had a clear view of the lot, but now I'm going to try to encourage them to grow a little more.
You might want to make some selections of your own, of trees you are particularly interested in, and plant them on your side of the fence.
And there's always gunnera. About fifteen to 25 dollars per bulb, and they grow huge in a single season. Also, where you live, you can leave them in the ground overwinter.
Re: Your Saplingsmenagerie73March 24 2011, 03:49:49 UTC
Yeah, my fence is essentially on the property line, and on the other side is about another five to ten feet of sloping land down to a permanent drainage. That land is technically public property, but I could plant or change a lot of the trees on it and no one is really going to care. I already went back there about two years ago to chop back a lot of the vines so they didn't choke out a bunch of the pine trees. The only thing that ever happens in the drainage itself is some kind of walker comes through and dredges it out from time to time. They aren't particularly kind to the trees and plants on the banks when they are working.
Hmmm, I never heard of those plants, but they look pretty cool. I might stick one or two of them on the other side. Or, I might put them on my house somewhere. I'm looking to replace some rather dull looking bushes that are a hassle to keep cut back. Thanks.
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There were a bunch of little sapling trees just on the otherside of my fence. A bunch of them got zapped by the cold but some are still growing. I was thinking about knocking them back so that I still had a clear view of the lot, but now I'm going to try to encourage them to grow a little more.
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You might want to make some selections of your own, of trees you are particularly interested in, and plant them on your side of the fence.
And there's always gunnera. About fifteen to 25 dollars per bulb, and they grow huge in a single season. Also, where you live, you can leave them in the ground overwinter.
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Hmmm, I never heard of those plants, but they look pretty cool. I might stick one or two of them on the other side. Or, I might put them on my house somewhere. I'm looking to replace some rather dull looking bushes that are a hassle to keep cut back. Thanks.
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