We celebrated the first day of Spring with these Pink Lemonade Cupcakes. They have a lovely, light lemon flavoring. Thanks to Alyssa Brown for this yummy recipe. Pink Lemonade Cupcakes 1 1/2 Cups Sugar 6 Tbsp Butter 1 Tbsp Lemon Zest 3 Tbsp Thawed Pink Lemonade Concentrate 2 tsp. Vanilla 1 Drop Red Food Coloring 2 Large Eggs 2 Large Egg Whites, Whipped 2 Cups … Continue reading Pink Lemonade Cupcakes
A single plant that has been alive almost 5,000 years is hard to imagine, almost unfathomable, yet one does exist. Pinus longaeva, the Bristlecone Pine has a representative in the White Mountains of Eastern California called Methuselah, that was measured by core samples at almost 5,000 years old. This one tree was just a seedling around the year 2750 B.C. The time of the great … Continue reading Bristlecone Pine
Yesterday as the snow was falling covering all green with a sparkly coat of ice crystals and the wind was gusting through the landscape, tugging and pulling on every leaf and flower, I felt sorry for the trees. Like the early bloomers, the flowering cherry and plum, that were just beginning to open. The flowers so delicate and pure, getting pushed around by this weather. … Continue reading Ready or Not, Here I Come!
“If I had the money I would plant a trillion of these trees!!!!” While I was reading about Prunus subhirtella ‘Autumnalis’ I came across this quote and it made me smile. Not a hundred, not even a million, nor would a billion be enough, but a trillion flowering cherry trees. That’s the number 1 followed by 12 zeros. Would the earth be big enough to hold … Continue reading Autumn Flowering Cherry
Today I worked on pruning this pine. It was hard to do because of the height, but I’m happy with the result. The client wanted a topiary look. I was wondering why the top was so thick, and when I poked my head up there, instead of one central leader, there were four! It looked like someone had topped it years ago, and the tree … Continue reading Pine Pruning
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