A few years ago, we bought a tree and had it planted.  Until the tree could establish a root system, it was staked with a heavy duty T-post. For those of you wondering “What’s a T-post?”  Well, a T-post is a metal post with a triangular plate at its base that is pointed like an arrow so that it goes in to the ground easily but can’t be pulled out easily. In order to get it out, you have to dig it out. During a drought three years ago, the tree died. Before we knew it, the tree transformed Keep Reading...