Hello there! I haven't been here for too long a time, but all is well.
This afternoon i walked up to my neighbours to tell them i am a grandma now:) yes it is a healthy baby boy. I walked to them by the way of the tree i am following, and realized it is already past the middle of the month.
My tree is doing as well as can be expected, the crown looks lovely. it has been rather dry this summer, but we have had some rain and a spitter spatter even fell this afternoon, although it never reached the ground
The tree is affected by the leafminer, but so are all poplars that i know off, i could find out for you how far and wide it's reaches are now. I did read that the first leaf miner along the Alaska highway was spotted in the 1950-ish. So i have not known otherwise. For many years now we always say, "oh the leafminers are really bad this year."
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