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Including Trees: In a rustic garden the trees should be fruit trees wherever possible, or at least blossom trees of some kind. Apples, pears, plums, and cherries will all help to create the right atmosphere, as will nut trees such as hazel or almond. If there is space for a large tree, a Walnut might do.
Trees are so common and so important in our daily lives that their absence would be hard to imagine. Without trees the rise of civilization would have been infinitely slower and our present level could not be maintained. Primitive man would have had no tools such as clubs for hunting, no plows for tilling the soil, no canoes or boats for travel. Wood fuel made it possible for mankind to live in the cooler regions of the globe and to eat cooked food. Forests supplied the pioneers with most basic needs including trees their log cabin homes.
Velop unhindered and avoid planting ecimens that will outgrow available space, onsider the habit of the trees as well as eir flowers, foliage and berry color, and ant them where their form can be ipreciated. In confined spaces fastigiate olumnar) trees are best, but where space «ds to be filled those with spreading anches are ideal. For small backyards, lect trees with several attractive features tiich can be enjoyed for much of the year, ther than those that have only a ectacular but brief blossoming period, rergreen trees provide form and interest all ar around although many deciduous trees : attractive even when bare.
Trees can affect nearby buildings, sating shade and extracting water from the bsoil, which brings the risk of subsidence. ant large trees away from buildings if issible. The ground under deciduous trees 11 have to be cleared of leaves in the fall, ir this reason, do not position pools or ndboxes under their canopies. |
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