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 Norma's Musings & Rants
 This section will include whatever I feel like  discussing at the moment. Hope you enjoy it. Email me with comments and I'll post them here:  norma@HarmoniousEnvrionment.com.

April 2
For me, April is a good month to make the garden ready  for planting in May. This year, part of the work is removing some trees.  My husband and I have lots of trees on our property  and its always sad to see some go, but we always replace them with more trees.

The saddest tree to remove this year is a Japanese maple that was diseased and half dead that was in our back yard. I'm actually watching it being removed now. The area  surrounding the now down tree has a huge oak and a spruce tree, so planting another tree there is not an option because of the roots. The area slopes and we may build it up with soil and plant perennials there.

Last year, the electrical company removed tons of hemlock branches that were near the power lines at the end of  our back yard. Two of the hemlocks had almost no branches left--one was dead, actually. So they were just removed and will be replaced by a couple of evergreens.

We are also going to plant a bunch of evergreens along our fence for further privacy. I can't wait...my husband and I will dig holes this weekend and then go shopping for young, healthy trees that will improve the environment, provide privacy and look great!

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