Akralon World

Spring, May 1st, 2024. Last April we started buying trees. A willow, maple, honeylocust and birch, and two decorative cherry trees (Kwanzan and Yoshino). The honeylocust was broken so we planted it across the street and got another. We put them in the waterside and the cherries out by the street. The Yoshino withered and…

The golden raspberry bush finally is showing its first berries. The blueberry bush has two new sprouting stems. The lemon-lime grew thorns overnight. The oak is flourishing and Granny Smith is sprouting leaves up and down all her branches and the Pink Lady is re-budding. Both pear trees are down, but not out. The blackberry…

July 3, 2023. The golden raspberry shot up so tall it’s starting to lean over. The baby stem has grown into a new branch and another baby stem has sprouted. All the baby strawberry plants sprouted, we put them in trays and now, in comparison, the original two are massive. Once the tower was up,…

Heavy rains brought the oak’s first bud into a leaf, the lemon-lime tree turned green, and the banana tree burst its bulge.

A recent rise in neighborhood thievery has caused a ruckus amidst homeowners. What started with the unprecedented first strike – a strawberry robbery of the most malicious kind – as it was the very first strawberry of the season, sadly of which we will never taste… um, has led to an increase in boldness among…

Three more trees that will turn gold and red in autumn. The robins and blackbirds love to perch on the birch and maple and then douse them in white spatter. The honey locust seems to be growing a second tree out of its head, so it’s a little top heavy, thus requiring another wind anchor.

May 2023, we both always wanted a weeping willow tree, so maybe one day, if we live long enough, we could sit underneath it and watch the river. We planted it in the furthest corner, right near the water. Willows can grow between 3 and 8 feet a year, so maybe we won’t have to…