Tree farm, visitors

Last night on the way home from work we stopped at the grocery store for a few items.  When I was there I was on the prowl for more of those live Christmas trees, like the one I got a few days ago.  I thought I may be able to get a good deal on them.  I was stoked when I saw a few on a shelf tagged at 4.99 each!  I paid 22 bucks for the first one!  So I filled my cart with three more and took them home.  It looked like a mini christmas tree farm on our kitchen island. 

I did some research on these trees.  They are actually stone pines.  Stone pines are the trees that make pine nuts.  These trees and their nuts have been harvested for as far back as you can go in history.  Although it looks like a mini christmas tree now, a fully mature one looks like this! Wow I had no idea it could become something so huge.  According to what I read they should do fine in our environment.  The trick is to find spots on our property that do not flood out during wet season since these trees like well drained soil.  So my plan is to plant a couple in the ground, plant one in a big pot to maybe use as a christmas tree down the road and maybe give my mom the 4th one.  It would be awesome if they took hold and grew.

Ali’s parents drove down from PA and rolled in last night.  They stopped by to drop off some christmas presents from my brother and sister-in-law as well as some stuff from Pop Pop’s house. Among them were two cool, working old clocks, an old baseball bat, old christmas ornaments, 4 stools and Pop Pop’s old artificial christmas tree. I have both of the clocks set up at work. 

Ali’s parents are going to be doing a lot of their own thing since we can’t take time off during the week.  Her dad got a gps for the suburban so he is excited to put it to work.