Three summers ago, Kevin ordered some trees from a mail order catalog of questionable reputation. We received them, and they were basically sticks with some roots. In fact, about 15 trees were shipped to us in a box the size of a wrapping paper tube. I laughed at the trees, and just wanted to add them to the compost pile. Kevin believed in them, though, so he lovingly planted each little twig in its own pot that has been sitting in our flower beds since then.
A good number of the trees were supposed to be thorn-less honey locusts. When they reached a bigger size, we planned on moving them to our tree lawn in the front of our house, between the sidewalk and the street.
However, I discovered that we have instead been harboring the criminal variety of honey locusts. These trees are armed and dangerous! They are finally mature enough to reveal their true thorny natures!
I have no idea where Kevin plans to go from here, but I do know that thorn-less honey locust trees of a size big enough to plant directly in our tree lawn are about $100 each. I think he wanted 6 or so.
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