Shed Building Plans

Since this is a garden blog, and chickens are not actually flowers, I thought I would share a few blooms in my yard right now. We planted this Thundercloud Plum 5 years ago, at least. It has done absolutely nothing in my landscape. Its bloom is pathetic and the thing just does not seem to grow. Except from the base of the trunk. It grows there just fine. Weedy tree comes to mind when I look for descriptors for this species. Last year I poured on the water, killed off all the grass around it and fertilized the heck out of it. Well, Ill be. It bloomed more than one bloom. Finally. I am not a very patient person and this tree was about be yarded out of the landscape. If you dont perform and I dont kill you, you may be on the short list. It was. It still might be but a stay of execution is in force at least this year. I think I might like it after all. I just seriously hope this isnt its last hurrah before it dies. Sometimes that happens to me too.

One thing I am still unhappy with is its scrubby growth habit. All the limbs seem to go up and not out. Doyle actually fashioned some spreaders out of wood for me to push the limbs apart. Hopefully they will grow that way now. The nursery I purchased this from says the limbs will "relax" as it grows and it will be full and round. I think they are pulling my leg. Dang nursery. They actually no longer guarantee their trees for a year (or even a season) anymore either. I dont think I will buy from them anymore. The very, very, very old man who owned it his whole life died. The people who took over (possibly his children) dont seem to understand customer service very well. Poor Mr. Carnifix, I sure hope he cant see what is going on in his earthly nursery. I dont think he would like it very well. But he might like my Thundercloud Plum now. It does have nice blooms.