Horton Landing trees

Our (now Kate's) house at Horton Landing is on about an acre of land, entirely surrounded by the Curry family's dairy farm.
The property has sported a nice population of trees, which have been brought under discipline since Kate took over

Kate by the honey locust tree, 1973
Honey locust, 1973

Kate by the honey locust tree, 2007
Honey locust, 2007 (it blew over in a wind storm around 2010)

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At the Landing itself (where there used to be a wharf, and where the tide is about 35 feet...) there was a magnificent elm:


Horton Landing elm before ca. 1910


Alex Colville's 1956 "Elm Tree at Horton Landing"

Elm tree at Horton Landing
Horton Landing Elm ca. 1975


(yes, those are Bald Eagles awaiting what the tide might bring)


Amanda McKay's pre-2010 photo

all that's left of the Horton Landing elm tree


The last of the Horton Landing Elm, 2017 (see also my collection of last-of photos)

In November of 2010, the 175-year-old elm tree that once stood as a lonely sentinel facing the high tides of the Minas Basin was downed during a powerful storm.

The Horton Landing site, formerly a Mi'kmaq meeting place, was a witness to the Deportation of the Acadians in 1755 and the arrival of the Planters in 1760. The tree had added meaning as a result.

(saltwire.com)

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Around the house at Horton Landing:

at Horton Landing this morning
a young elm at Horton Landing (there was a huge elm on one side of the driveway, and it dodged Dutch Elm Disease until about 2010, and finally had to be cut down)

at Horton Landing this morning
Horton Landing willows

at Horton Landing this morning
Horton Landing apples, 2018 (80 years ago the orchard had 100-odd apple trees)

And in 1974 we imported a copper beech tree that Betsy's mother had grown from seed (from the giant copper beech in her yard in Winchester MA), in a 10-gallon bucket, a sapling 6 feet tall. Here's how it looked 44 years later:

Horton Landing beech tree raked
Horton Landing beech, planted in 1974