"The Baby Tree"

When my wife and I found out we were pregnant I got an idea. I picked up a Burr Oak acorn and tried to sprout it. Sure enough it sprouted and I planted it in the front yard.

Here is our baby boy and the "Baby Tree" I hope to keep taking pictures of them every year. So far they are 6 mo old.

Very nice. Great idea. Congrats on the little one !!

Cool idea.

If a deer shows up and eats the baby tree, what does it mean?

It means my boy will take revenge and consume all the deer he sees! He only has two teef, but has one hell of a bite already

that is really awesome

Pretty cool idea!

May have to steal this idea

Nice idea

That's great. Cute little feller and a great native tree to plant. They'll grow fast.

Little suckers can surprise you when you're holding them and all the sudden they chomp down on your shoulder or neck.

My darling baby princess is a downright vampire when she's mad.

I think I have more to worry about gophers than deer. I did plant it in a hole lined in chicken wire, so hopefully it will be safe!!!

If you do have deer in your tard ever, put something around the tree. I planted 3 about that size last year (burr oaks). 2 of em got eaten in one night and never recovered. Cool idea

Didn't know deer would eat them.

I have some on occasion that come up into the back yard, but never seen them venture past the brush line and almost always only at night. I now have neighbors between me and the creek bottom they came out of so I doubt it but may put some mesh wire around it.

Kewl Make sure you update in 25 years too!

Great idea.

Never thought of that when they are born. I like to plant a tree when a relative passes away. It's a living memorial

Pretty cool idea.

Well played

I need one of those Chairs ....

You would just fall off it and hurt yourself

Good looking young man there and an excellent choice on the tree

They eat the new growth leaves. They wont touch em one the leaves are fully grown

Great idea

I hope that chicken wire isn't very robust, or else it will choke the roots as the tree gets older. The roots will grow through it now, but as the roots become thicker the wire will cut into them and essentially cut them off. You won't see any kind of detriment from this for years and then all of the sudden the tree will get sick and die.

If the wire is cheap, you can hope it rusts out enough before all this happens and the roots will just break the rusty wire. Hope for your and your kids sake, that's what happens.

Interesting idea..should be fun to see the years go by.

Great idea. We have some huge sycamores my dad planted when he was my age. It is pretty neat.

Very good idea. I will have to remember this for our first one.

To cool!