The status of things Green Around Here

When one's wonderful, adorable, well-intentioned neighbor offers to water your trees for you for no other reason than you're obviously not doing it yourself, one should pay attention.

I am currently making infrequent attempts to deep-root water this poor adorable tree, but sometimes (mostly) I forget. And besides, who knew you had to deep-root water trees? I never knew that. If it weren't for Darlene I'm sure this and its two weeping crabapple siblings would be campfire kindling by now.

Now THESE... I know you have to water. Sometimes twice daily. Which would explain how these plants might just make it through the summer.