What you've missed, pt. 1

A fair amount happened prior to this afternoon.

Last year, we put in 10-15 little trees and shrubs of different varieties. Of course, I don't really remember what they were. One of those has survived, some sort of thorny shrub which may or may not produce fruit one day, but upon reflection it was not put in a good location.

I was told the whole field was going to be cleared, so I headed out to check on the garden and see what all I might want to protect. I hadn't given the garden much thought for almost a year, so it was nice to be back out there. I cleared away most of the brush from the rocks I put in last year as a patio of sorts and looked around to see which plants had survived, if any.

When I was satisfied that the area I care about would not be cleared - we have fallen logs from nearby trees in between the mowable area and the garden - I looked around for the aforementioned trees and found just the one. It has grown nicely into a large shrub, but unfortunately it was in an area that I am sure will be cleared when our guy comes through to collect his hay bales.

So I dug it up, thorns and all, and moved it back to the garden. It cut me multiple times, but I've continued to water it. It got grumpy the first day and let a bunch of its leaves turn yellow, but it seems happy now. I may have planted it closer to the seating area than I should have, what with all the thorns, but I figure I've moved it enough.