brought into reach

often, these tender baby leaves are out of reach for me. most of the trees in my woods are mature, and their lowest branches often start about 3-4 meters off the ground. but this spring, steve and are cutting down a few volunteer trees, so we can open up some sunshine, and replace them with native and edible tree varieties. [steve has gotten very into northern permaculture and edible forests. more on that later.]   so, somewhat sadly, these leaves were brought into reach for me today when we felled a young bur oak that had sprouted up in an inconvenient location. i think it might be the first living tree we have felled on our property. it feels weird. we plan to replace it with a serviceberry tree next week. but still. it didn’t feel quite right. but it did give me access to these new-growth-green (with a hint of red) baby oaks leaves.

baby bur oak leaves