Worst things I think I ever labored to dig holes for and plant were two rows,
about 24, of Normandy poplars. They grew very fast, then started dying about
12-15 years later. I cut down the last dead one about 10 years ago. And they
don't make particularly good firewood.
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Walt
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-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Joel Wilcox" <jfwilcox@xxxxxxxxx>
>
>
> On 3/13/07, Walt Wayman <hiwayman@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Silver maples are trash trees. I've got two in the front yard that I wish I
> hadn't planted 30 years ago. The limbs break off easily, and the damn roots
> run
> along the top of the ground, and in the only area of the yard I have to mow.
> I
> grew up in a house surrounded by sugar maples. There's no comparison; they
> just
> grow slower, but they're hardwoods. I don't think there was a single one I
> didn't climb almost to the top as a kid.
> >
>
> I know they're trash trees, but they survive. I lost 7 trees in the
> flood of 1993, including a hard maple, two wonderful pines, an oak, a
> pear tree, a wonder apple tree that I used to share with the deer, and
> another small fruit tree. After that experience, surviver trees seem
> good to me. River birches also survived, along with the ash trees. I
> had silver maples and I was about the only guy with shade trees in my
> neighborhood after that lovely time.
>
> If you're thinking that people probably shouldn't live where I live,
> you're probably right.
>
> Joel W.
>
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