The tree that owns itself

The tree that owns itself

Comemorative plaque

Quercus Alba deeded to itself by Col. William H. Jackson circa 1832...

Apparently this privilege was inherited by its more cosmopolitan children:

"This scion of the original tree was planted the junior ladies garden club in 1946.
National Register of Historic Places 1975
Athens Historical Landmark 1988"

Pictures from weekend

We spent Sunday with guardianjain and wetdryvac. In the morning we went to the farmers market and picked up food and more plants, and then off to the antique shop to browse around. While we were there, rialian found a book which had singularly impressed me many years ago. It was, Bartholomew and the Oobleck by Dr. Seuss. I had owned this book when I was a small kid, and then later I wasn't sure if it actually existed. Oobleck... it's green, and it sticks to everything, and now it sits on our bookshelf...

Anyway, then we went back home to work in the garden. We put in a lot more of the raised, sheet mulched keyhole beds this weekend. wetdryvac took some pictures of the garden and what we've been working on recently. Rialian has pictures of previous stages, but I haven't posted them yet. Will do that later. This particular set shows the beds and paths pretty well. http://picasaweb.google.com/wetdryvac/WVGardening?authkey=Gv1sRgCOuv54yzxZ7GJQ#

The tree that owns itself

The tree that owns itself

Comemorative plaque

Quercus Alba deeded to itself by Col. William H. Jackson circa 1832...

Apparently this privilege was inherited by its more cosmopolitan children:

"This scion of the original tree was planted the junior ladies garden club in 1946.
National Register of Historic Places 1975
Athens Historical Landmark 1988"

Perhaps I should deed all of my trees to themselves... In order to cut them, future generations would have to enter into stiff negotiations with assorted saplings. This would make my ghost happy.