Originally Posted By: peter
Meaning you're principally gardening for the next generation and the one after, of course, but then perhaps if, like me, you work in an industry that's all about its two-week sprint cycles and six-month release cycles, that's part of the appeal of trees in the first place.


Not at all, and yes actually smile

By around year 6 or 7 a 1 or 2 yr old tree will have caught up with a 5 yr old tree planted at the same time. There's a lot of joy to be had in watching the landscape grow up around you; we'll be harvesting apricots, walnuts, peaches, almonds, chestnuts, apples, and pears from trees that we planted in Feb 2006 this year. Some of those trees are pretty sizeable now, and the way they've changed the landscape and biodiversity is well worth the effort.

The landscaping/planting we'll be doing around the new house (if we ever get started) will probably take 30 years to reach anything approaching maturity but it'll be looking quite good from year 3 I reckon.