this new life has begun
Apr. 9th, 2026 04:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pensnestSycamores, now. Sycamores.
The sycamore tree is a glorious thing. It is a handsome tree, tall and straight and with majestic and elegant branches. Its leaves are lovely and, in autumn, spectacular.
And it is evil. It is out for world domination. A sycamore tree's one ambition is to fill the entire temperate zone with sycamore forest. Its seeds sprout everywhere and are relentless. Miss one, and you have a sapling three feet tall which takes enormous effort to extract, or a five foot high growth which must be KILLED WITH FIRE.
I plucked about fifty baby sycamores this morning when I had only gone into the garden to pick some kale. Grar.
The sycamore tree is a glorious thing. It is a handsome tree, tall and straight and with majestic and elegant branches. Its leaves are lovely and, in autumn, spectacular.
And it is evil. It is out for world domination. A sycamore tree's one ambition is to fill the entire temperate zone with sycamore forest. Its seeds sprout everywhere and are relentless. Miss one, and you have a sapling three feet tall which takes enormous effort to extract, or a five foot high growth which must be KILLED WITH FIRE.
I plucked about fifty baby sycamores this morning when I had only gone into the garden to pick some kale. Grar.
no subject
Date: 2026-04-09 04:14 pm (UTC)But I did pull up a sycamore last week too!
no subject
Date: 2026-04-09 06:40 pm (UTC)This made me look up Sycamore trees on Wikipedia, and here's what I found:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sycamore
I'm not sure where you are, so I don't know which one is causing you troubles (I don't need to know, it was just interesting to learn more about sycamores!).