Mother Nature rocks

When Hannah started kindergarten we planted an apple tree in our front yard. The plan was that every year on the first day of school we would take her picture in front of the tree and every year both she and tree would get bigger and taller.

We haven't done anything with the tree. We don't prune it. We don't fertilize it. We don't spray pesticides on it. We let nature take its course and just hope that the tree doesn't die before Hannah graduates from high school.

During the first few years the apple tree produced a sad little apple here or there. Even when they grow big they end up being sort of rotten and full of bugs. The tree is on the far side of our lawn away from the driveway and this year is the first year that I've really noticed a lot of apples on the tree. Big, bright, red apples. Lincoln went out and picked one this morning.

Check it out! There is something to be said for just letting Mother Nature do her thing.