Tree Obsession

My husband had been obsessed with trees as of late. In reality it is not the trees he has been obsessed with it is the McDonald’s on the other side of the frontage road. When we first moved into our house there were three HUGE willow trees in our neighbor’s yard. These trees really isolated us from the highway, the frontage road, the trailer park and the McDonalds. Our neighbor got tired of the trees because limbs were falling down and she CUT THEM DOWN! All of the sudden our isolated backyard started to feel like a median on the freeway. Well, perhaps that is an exaggeration but we are certainly exposed.

It seems like every picture taken in our backyard features the McDonalds sign and or the lovely mobile home park behind us. (I’ve been wondering why there are 3 foreclosures on our street. Maybe it has something to do with the McDonalds, the trailer park and the freeway. A couple of months ago they started building a new McDonalds next to the old McDonalds. This McDonalds is literally direct eye shot of our deck. Every time Don goes out in the backyard he glares at McDonalds and the freeway. He has been doing internet searches and talking to nurseries about trees. He finally decided on a fast growing Holly tree that is supposed to grow up to three feet a year. They stay green year round and get up to 20 feet tall. He had all 17 of them shipped Fed Ex from some far away state. They arrived in boxes on Friday and yesterday he planted them. They are supposed to be five feet but I think they are closer to four.

Don and Sean prepping the soil two weeks before he ordered the trees. Don did lots of research about how these trees need to be planted and cared for. Ever the analytical. I would have just thrown something in a hole and expected it to grow.

Sean helped with the tilling. Or at least he thought he helped with the tilling.

Note the McDonalds sign and the big brown soon to be McDonalds building in the background. You can even see the freeway signs if you look close.

Here they are 17 holly trees in a row lets hope they grow!