The trees

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=105 BGCOLOR="#66CCCC" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>  </B><B>                                                                    </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Spirit and Nature_Alan Lorefice"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>       </B>back to<B>  </B><A HREF="id3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="A Grove project "><U><B>A Grove project  </B></U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#66CCCC" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>The trees</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id16.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Their home"><U>Their home</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Wild visitors"><U>Wild visitors</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id48.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Their plant neighbors"><U>Their plant neighbors</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id52.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Preparing for Winter"><U>Preparing for Winter</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="southwest_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Winter Injury"><U>Winter Injury</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id87.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Preparing for Spring"><U>Preparing for Spring</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id162.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Water"><U>Water</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="preparing_for_winter.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Preparing for Winter 2002"><U>Preparing for Winter 2002</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="preparing_for_spring.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Preparing for Spring 2003 "><U>Preparing for Spring  2003 </U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="preparing_for_spring189.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Preparing for Spring 2003 (page 2)"><U>Preparing for Spring  2003 (page 2)</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="preparing_for_spring196.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Preparing for Spring 2003 (page 3)"><U>Preparing for Spring  2003 (page 3)</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="winter_preparations2003_1.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Preparing for Winter 2003"><U>Preparing for Winter 2003</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="winter_preparations2003_2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Preparing for Winter 2003 (page 2)"><U>Preparing for Winter 2003 (page 2)</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="winter_preparations_2003_3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Preparing for Winter 2003 (page 3)"><U>Preparing for Winter 2003 (page 3)</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="winter_preparations_2003_4.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Preparing for Winter 2003 (page 4)"><U>Preparing for Winter 2003 (page 4)</U></A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=375 BGCOLOR="#66CCCC" TEXT="#080000"> <div>                           <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><IMG SRC="12f80200.jpg" border=0 width="384" height="288" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></FONT></div> <div>                                    <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times New Roman" > Wild plum tree</FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>      <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times New Roman" >With the help of friends I have put in grove of  fruit  trees on the hillside above the house (over 100 of them!)</FONT></div> <div> This describes my effort to work with Nature.   What comes out from this is only partly one's own effort as it works out with Nature in ways often unexpected, often wonderful - and sometimes miserable. </div> <bR> <div> In the end, as the great eastern masters say, it is neither good nor bad. </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="13220800.jpg" border=0 width="288" height="384" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>   " Hartland" Sweet Cherry trees</div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>