youngster is a little ... already very high for my little garden ... Planted too close to houses, in an area called "cohousing," he has his foot on the edge of our property and the head shadow two gardens ... It is still there by our fierce desire: that it has aesthetic qualities, we can discuss its usefulness between two small gardens ...
Yet, in twenty years we have seen grow, gain confidence, expand its branches ... and we will happily sprinkle its beautiful copper sheets from the October came. In recent years, the acorns are more numerous, and if we can have fun with the crash of their fall, it is feared in the early morning, to set foot on the bare grass clump that the cache: startle and pain guaranteed!
I admire his trunk, still very smooth, eel with white ... I like to ask my hand, I think I hear breathing ... An ivy part in the assault, but he has trouble following them touch and close fastening ... Fine roots of this giant to become the platform invade any band on her foot and it is to scratch, to identify, to try to do some plants survive ... It is a selfish and greedy: it must grow ... and too bad for the little ones, there below.
In the spring, we watch her kittens roses, leaves so finely cut, of a pale green one can not imagine if they become coppery ... First important tree a few dozen meters from the exit of the forest, he is a breakpoint forced birds: nuthatches, woodpeckers, jays, magpies, long-tailed tit, crested tit - the number of visitors is impressive.
Not a day I get up without him throwing a glance to make sure his fine, his mood ... and over the seasons, I know there waiting for me.
Very austere in winter, autumn is like a wisp, all colors outside ... and the slightest wind, it did crumble a soft carpet on the living room of garden ...
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is a companion to "long term". It shapes the garden and all plants are the law. Ourselves, we move according to his shadow, to enjoy the lightness of its high foliage or enjoy the coolness the density of its leaves.
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