On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 09:31:01 -0800, "Bob" wrote:


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On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 20:18:50 -0500, "Bob" wrote:

Most trees give off pollen. Oak trees are beautiful.

We had a big beautiful oak tree where I grew up. Some garden
service told my mother it wasn't well and we had to dig a trench
around it, a couple feet deep. She didn't want to spend the money,
but she trusted him and she did it.

I was there, a couple years ago, 46 years later, and the tree is
bigger and more beautiful.

What was the point of the trench? I've never heard of this.

I don't really know. I was 9 years old.

I'll admit that I think I've only seen one other in my whole life,
and I'm not sure that one was actually dug. By the time I saw it, it
was at ground level on one side, and may have just been the way the
ground was, without any digging.

I guess my mother wondered if she really had to do what he said, and
I'm so happy it didn't make things worse, that I'm assuming it was
good advice.

Bob


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