Hard maples are common in this area and grow very easily. I have transplanted several starts into pots to let them grow there before transplanting into the ground, but with limited success. Elm, walnuts, mulberries, and sumac also grow wild, but I tend to weed them out. Sumac have a very distinct smell when you pull them apart or up out the ground. This makes me dislike them even more. Sumacs are the opposite of hard maples for me.
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The Tipton Collection
I have started a new collection of shrubs, bushes, and ground cover called the Tipton Collection. I will post pictures later. I have been doing woodwork for the last two weeks making a tv stand for my little brother and a bookshelf for a co-worker. I delivered both this week so now I have moved on to scrap metal. There is a Goodyear building in town that has replaced it’s radiator heating system with a more up-to-date furnance so I am gutting the pipe for capital. Having the right tools makes all the difference so I took advangtage of Lowe’s 20% off deal this week and bought a cordless combo set. I hope to pay for the tools with the money from scrap steel. The current price is $70 per ton. I’ve got to sell four tons to break even.
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Calling the Pot Black
Here is the Mugo Pine, Serbian Spruce, Mum, and more from the Franklin Collection.
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The Franklin Collection
Here you see the Buddleia and others from the Franklin Collection.
[Update 1/7/2012: This is my first blog post ever. It was originally posted on Blogger. I was inspired to start blogging by my wife, who had been blogging for a couple years prior to this. This post was originally posted on December 19, 2004. I called it The Franklin Collection because I was going to start a nursery and I was blogging about my progress.]
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The Water’s Fine
The Franklin CollectionA cross-sampling of clippings from Franklin, IN, this collection features:
- Serbian Spruce
- Bottle Brush Buckeye
- Hedera Ivy
- Mums
- Oak Leaf Hydrangea
- And more…
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Planted 12-3-4
I crave topsoil.