I may have gotten a bit carried away....

[nittygrittydirtdigger]

You know how it is....you're sitting there staring out at a cold, dreary grey day thinking that if you don't see some signs of spring soon, you may need to self-prescribe a trip to southern California. Well, that's how I was feeling a few months ago when hubby brought in the mail, which included catalogs from the Arbor Day organization, Musser Forests and Stark Brothers Nursery. They all had amazing sales going on. I swear, I thought I only ordered a little!

This week, via USPS, Fed-Ex and UPS, we got:

1 apple tree
1 peach tree
1 pear tree
3 raspberry canes
10 viburnum shrubs
10 spirea shrubs
10 forsythia shrubs
10 3' evergreens
20 18" baby tree seedlings that all look pretty healthy
2 nice redbud whips

I have plenty of room, but we don't get any rain to speak of in the summer, so I'm going to have to figure out where to put all this stuff where we can get water to it.

Oh, my!

 

[so lucky]

Just think how big your muscles will get from carrying all those buckets of water!

 

[thistlebloom]

Wow, you were a little spring crazed weren't you?

My sister bought me some of those tree water bags that you fill and they release the water slowly. I don't recall the name of them, and I'd like to tell you they worked great, but I, uhh... well, I just haven't gotten around to using them yet. Don't tell my sister.

They are a good idea though.

 

[897tgigvib]

Oh boy! I bet it felt like Christmas when all that arrived!

 

[desertlady]

I wish I have some of those trees here ! but some of them wont do well here. feeling jealous !!