Farmgate: Tales of woe for the trees on our farm

When we moved to our current farm in June 1994, there were few trees here. Article content

Three massive maples – one dead, another dying and the third surviving – three tall blue spruce in front of the house – one dead – and a lilac plastered against one side of a building. Article content

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The dead and dying were cut down, the lilac moved out about 12 feet and a blue spruce, a housewarming gift from my parents, was planted in the middle of our intended front lawn.

Next spring, we planted 365 seedlings from the Kemptville tree farm; white pine, white spruce, and red oak. To that we added a dozen leafless apple trees from a co-op at $5 each, cedars, maples, and paper birch from our mixed bush, with a yellow honeysuckle, and some junipers. We also ad