The Little Maple Tree

Two years ago when we built the large pond, we decided we needed more shade on our deck. We searched through the wooded part of our lot and found a cute little Maple tree about 4 feet tall. We marked it to move later. In December 04 the tree was bare and we dug it up and moved it near the deck. As you can see the tree has done very well since then, It is now 12 feet tall and the branches are spreading nicely. If it grows at the same rate next year, we should see the benefit of some shade on the deck.