Re: lefty's and plum trees?

Dark purple outside, yellow inside?

On Saturday, June 26, 2004, at 08:25 AM, Donna wrote:

Never thought about which foot I use... but thinking right, unless more
power is needed then both:)

So how many are also left eye dominated? I am, although most times I use
my right hand for most things. Also noticed that in extreme situations,
my left side is there first and the one that gets hurt.... as in when
the air bag goes off in a car, my left arm is the one that broke as I
lifted it to protect myself... does this make sense.. need more
coffee!:)

PLUM Tree:
I have two here, one ornamental and the other for fruit. Both are
underplanted and seem fine Bonnie. How old is your tree? Maybe I will
have the problem later as mine are about 6 years old.

At a previous house, there was a Italian plum tree smack dab next to the
garage.(no I didn't plant it, came that way, and that is what the
previous owner called it). Didn't seem to hurt the foundation as it was
an old tree. Wish I knew what tree it really was as it had the best
fruit... for eating or making jams. Small oblong fruit but very tasty.

Donna



And I thought I was the only one to use both feet trying to get the
blade 
to
sink deeper than an inch in dry clay!  LOL!!!  Well, you know
sometimes we
"little people" need to compensate for a lack of oomph with
determination.
I can did with either foot (in other than hardened clay) but usually
end 
up
using both feet anyway.  The thing is, I do only use my right foot for
the
garden fork. I don't quite understand why I treat it differently than
a
shovel.

Speaking of which, I bent my garden fork trying to get one of those
plastic
tree rings (that you can fill with mulch for looks) and found that
even my
garden fork couldn't separate the soil from the tree ring. Who knew
that 
a
plum tree would send out a MAJOR root over the top of the ring and
back 
out
through a drainage hole into the soil like a staple?  Are plum roots
normally that aggressive?  I had planned to plant around the base of
this
plum tree, but now I'm not sure anything will grow for all that
aggressive
rooting near and at the surface of the soil. Can I plant there? Was
this
thing with the tree ring a rarity?

Blessings,
Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5)


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Island Jim
Southwest Florida
Zone 10
27.0 N, 82.4 W

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