Category Archives: Sycamore

Gretchen, her sycamore, and the dogs 2026-08-06

Gretchen’s favorite tree.

[Gretchen, Sycamore, Sky, Blondie, River, Honeybun]
Gretchen, Sycamore, Sky, Blondie, River, Honeybun

We transplanted that tree when it was knee-high to Gretchen.

Thanks to Ben Fields for clearing the old road so we can get there more easily.

[Gretchen's Sycamore]
Gretchen’s Sycamore

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Finding Gretchen’s Sycamore Tree after Hurricane Helene

We raised this tree from knee-high, so we wanted to see how it was doing after Hurricane Helene.

[Finding Gretchen's Sycamore Tree after Hurricane Helene with chainsaw and dogs 2024-10-12]
Finding Gretchen’s Sycamore Tree after Hurricane Helene with chainsaw and dogs 2024-10-12

After I chainsawed through many yards of fallen trees, bushes, and vines, we found it battered but still standing.

Blondie and Honeybun were almost as happy as Gretchen to see it.

Here is a video playlist:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLk2OxkA4UvwnPsm5_5P9lTV26Mqd-SWR&si=1HpY-Z3kg72Izfyx

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[The tree with the afternoon sun, 16:59:15]
The tree with the afternoon sun, 16:59:15

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[Movie: Gretchen comes to her tree, 17:40:09]
Movie: Gretchen comes to her tree, 17:40:09

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[Movie: Big pine on path to the pond, 17:43:40]
Movie: Big pine on path to the pond, 17:43:40

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[Deadfall on south path, 17:55:46]
Deadfall on south path, 17:55:46

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Grapes, beaver pond, sycamore, beggarticks, bananas, cypress swamp, dogs 2022-08-10

A walk in the woods one summer day.

[Grapes, sycamore, banana, cypress swamp]
Grapes, sycamore, banana, cypress swamp

Those grapes were ripe and tasty. Muscadine, Vitis rotundifolia. This is down by a beaver pond. Continue reading →