Raindrop covered tulip tree leaf

May 25, 2022July 2, 2022 / Roadtirementvintage / 10 Comments

A sudden heavy downpour was over as soon as it started this morning, offering a peaceful scene of raindrops clinging to a tulip tree

Four weeks worth of sapling tree growth

June 20, 2020July 2, 2022 / Roadtirementvintage / 13 Comments

Four weeks ago we went to a local park where the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) was sponsoring a tree give-away. We ended up with two black cherry and three Tulip tree saplings. We got all five planted on the same day, and all of them seem to be thriving.

Tulip tree, May 23rd

Tulip tree, June 20th

Black Cherry, May 23rd

Black Cherry, June 20th

The Tulip tree is the State Tree of Indiana. Hopefully each start will continue to grow, and within a few years we’ll have some healthy trees filling our yard. The DNR program is a very good way to insure that property owners have access to trees for planting.

Tulip tree sapling off to a good start

May 28, 2020July 2, 2022 / Roadtirementvintage / 10 Comments

The healthy Tulip sapling

Typical Tulip tree leaf shape

We recently were fortunate to get some saplings from the DNR. We got three Tulip saplings and two Black Cherry saplings. The Tulips are doing very well as you can see from the photos. The Tulip tree is the State Tree of Indiana.

Seen in our backyard

May 22, 2020July 2, 2022 / Roadtirementvintage / 10 Comments

Just a couple of images from our backyard. This really isn’t a photo blog, but we do like to share pictures. So maybe it is a photo blog….

The writing tool is in the mushroom picture for scale. We got the Black Cherry tree at a local DNR giveaway. It is in a tomato cage to protect it as it starts to grow. We also got a couple of Tulip trees as well.