tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30877168.post3922129276736035681..comments2024-01-30T03:16:18.674-08:00Comments on Vestal Grove: THE āZā TREEStephen Packardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01811489977185760340noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30877168.post-45980662171866292832012-08-26T18:20:13.223-07:002012-08-26T18:20:13.223-07:00Will the "Z" tree face challenges? Perha...Will the "Z" tree face challenges? Perhaps it's less stable because of its creative shape. But oddly-shaped bur oaks have lived for hundreds of years in spite (or because?) of those challenging shapes. Stephen Packardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01811489977185760340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30877168.post-1255405636988262702012-08-26T12:03:38.417-07:002012-08-26T12:03:38.417-07:00Is the "Z" tree going to face any challe...Is the "Z" tree going to face any challenges due to its less than straight growth? Will the uneven weight distribution of the trunk be an issue?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11821465536954431592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30877168.post-29658646685620288552012-08-21T12:37:29.506-07:002012-08-21T12:37:29.506-07:00Daniel, many people would agree with your admirati...Daniel, many people would agree with your admiration for the bur oak. I certainly do. <br /><br />You're right, I saw no other evidence of the previous shading tree. It probably died, fell and rotted gloriously back into the soil decades ago. And yet the evidence was there - in the shape of the "Z" oak. <br /><br />Poem or not, you communicate very well. Thanks.Stephen Packardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01811489977185760340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30877168.post-72056723024187786892012-08-14T12:51:31.578-07:002012-08-14T12:51:31.578-07:00If I would dare to make a list of my favorite Midw...If I would dare to make a list of my favorite Midwest trees, bur oak is at the top. They have long lives and each one is interesting in its own way.<br /><br />There must not have been evidence of the older one next to 'Z' oak, or you would have mentioned it.<br /><br />I do some work on a nature preserve. Every time I go there I walk past two old maple trees with one or two large horizontal branches. Their shape indicates they became old long ago without competition for light. Wish I could communicate that in a poem.Daniel Thompsonnoreply@blogger.com