A couple years past as Mother's Day approached, four Norway Spruce Trees were planted to honor and thank our four Great Grandmothers. Planting some trees around Arbor Day is an annual personal activity and the Grandma Memorial Tree planting seemed an appropriate good plan. Click HERE to check out this earlier 2018 Great Grandma post. Last fall some fencing was installed to keep our resident deer population away from browsing this planting.
Dead Tree Killed In Winter 2019/20
Replacement Great Grandma Tree Planted 28 Apr 2020
This year as the winter snows departed, one of the original trees was found dead, the likely work of a hungry forging field mouse. So the departed tree was replaced with a fresh young two-year Norway Spruce. Three more new trees were also planted in this special location, one each to the honor of our maternal and paternal grandmothers Edna Jane (Seney) Ouellet (d.1963) and Elizabeth Rosella "Bess" (Moegling) Paul (d.1959). Another added Norway Spruce lives to honor our mother Lillian Agnes (Ouellet) Paul (d.1998). And OBTW, better-designed protective fencing will be added this fall around each tree to hopefully better keep the rodent population away.
The Grandma/Mom trees look like this today, but in fifteen years they may appear much like our first planting done in about 2005. Many of these 2005 Norway Spruce trees have presently reached a height of 25-to-30 feet... and certainly heading for 60+ feet in some future year.
Our Seven Memorial GGMa, Grandma & Mom Trees In 2020
500 Norway Spruce Tree Planting Done In Spring 2005.
Trees in 2005 were 1 or 2 year seedlings.
Trees in 2005 were 1 or 2 year seedlings.
Note: All trees were purchased through the annual reforestation program of NY State Department of Environmental Conservation, Saratoga Tree Nursery, Rt 50 South, Saratoga Springs, New York 12866.
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