Redbud

A friend of mine offered a small redbud tree from his yard to me the other day. It was not exactly a small tree, but a nice size tree to get started. It surprised us though. We both expected it to have a deep root system, so I had prepared a hole for it that was about the size of a bushel basket. It turned out that the tree had shallow spreading roots. So, we ended up filling in the hole I'd dug so it was so deep and then expanding the sides of the hole so that we could get the roots properly buried. Hopefully, there are enough roots on it so that it will survive the digging up and transplanting...they are a very pretty tree.

Now, if we'd just get some rain here so I didn't have to water it by hand. We're about 2 inches below normal so far this year.