THE NAKED ACRE : Page 134

Awareness of this last may weigh on new owners' consciences, like the future of their children, but in the end a pardonable pride will make up for growing pains. Curiously, more people have qualms about raising trees than worry about reproducing and rearing their own kind. They seem to think that luck has a lot to do with trees, or that you need a green thumb to ensure tree health and beauty. In comparison with children, trees are far more amenable, and hardy. Firmness of hand and purpose, and a cheerful patience, are all that you really need if you observe from the outset the basic needs of tree life, which are three: moisture, nourishment, and air space.