Are redbud trees fast growing? As you can see, most redbuds grow fairly quickly for their relatively small size. They can easily grow more than one foot per year, but rarely grow more than two feet in a single year. What is a redbud tree look like? Eastern redbud leaves are alternate...
Will deer eat redbud trees? Damage. Deer love to nibble on the spring foliage and flowers of these trees, andmay even eat the buds before they can bloom. Because Eastern redbuds are on the small side, it is easy for the deer to reach the branches on these trees. Deer will also chew...
When I was young, growing up in a fundamentalist church, this kind of absorption in the world was discouraged. “Love not the world, nor the things in the world,” was a verse that got thrown at me a lot (and is still thrown at me, on occasion). In the twisted interpretation of f...
I was standing less than a foot behind the person in front of me, near enough for my long, ill-fitting coat to graze the back of their boots. All of a sudden I was painfully aware that I was applying my new-found eastern European personal space rules to a bunch of Americans. Embarra...