We have an apple tree in our back yard. Last year it had no apples. This year it is covered with tiny apples, but I noticed that it is dropping a fair amount of apples before they have time to grow.
I work at a land trust- our primary focus is to steward and maintain open space and in conversation with our environmental director, we somehow strayed to the topic of apple trees and I shared the scoop on our apple-dropping tree.
“Well, you know that trees are like people,” he said. “They shed things when they are stressed.” So, apparently, I have a “stressed” apple tree. But a tree that is smart enough to shed the stress.
I like to take good advice where I find it. I leave on vacation today. Here’s hoping I can shed some apples while I’m gone. Laters.
I like that, Trees are like people. Hope we all get smart like the apple tree. That is good advice!!!!
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