Arbor Day Special!

Since Arbor Day is some time around now, corporate e-mails are flying about how great it is to get out there and plant trees! Make a difference! As much as I love trees, they are giant weeds. Please note this picture from my back yard. These are all little Maple trees which I'm going to have to pull out since they are infesting my bark dust!

If it feels good to plant a tree, I must be euphoric. The diligent neglect of my backyard has spawned hundreds of them! Maybe I could re-plant these in my neighbor's gutters. Some people around this area are apparently cultivating rain gutter compost. A maple or a douglas fir sprouting from someone else's roof can a beautiful thing.