Echoes of long-ago gardeners
We have them here in our landscape in Quebec -- peonies, lilacs, apple trees, etc. My gardening companion has eradicated the bishop's weed (another legacy plant) and filled those beds with ferns, Cornus candensis, etc. They're a beautiful replacement.
Equally evocative are the apples and crab apples that are in various places, both feral and not, away from our landscape. My favorite crab apple is definitely the echo of a long-ago gardener, in a nearby place.
I keep jumping the fence to collect more of them (like I need more apples), as it's obvious that no one else (especially the absent homeowners) are going to collect any of them.
Hmm, I apparently don't have a photo of my favorite crab apple tree, so this one, in a nearby community, of a regular apple tree will suffice.
I'm regretful that all of these apples and crab apples won't be harvested, but.... I saw this in Germany on a visit 5 years or so ago -- apples and plums were everywhere in roadside rest areas, ready to be harvested, if someone came along.
They were lunch on an unexpected holiday, celebrating the end of a divided Germany! There were no regular stores open, just gasoline stops....
Equally evocative are the apples and crab apples that are in various places, both feral and not, away from our landscape. My favorite crab apple is definitely the echo of a long-ago gardener, in a nearby place.
I keep jumping the fence to collect more of them (like I need more apples), as it's obvious that no one else (especially the absent homeowners) are going to collect any of them.
Hmm, I apparently don't have a photo of my favorite crab apple tree, so this one, in a nearby community, of a regular apple tree will suffice.
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| An apple tree, loaded with apples |
They were lunch on an unexpected holiday, celebrating the end of a divided Germany! There were no regular stores open, just gasoline stops....
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