Great article/write-up! I enjoyed reading about something close to my heart.
We've got red cedars in abundance here, too. My daughter's first Christmas tree was a wimpy Charlie-Brown cedar I dug up and brought into the house; it would barely hold any ornaments! I planted it in the front yard and now, with DD turning 18 this coming January, that tree is a good 25 ft tall and 12 ft in diameter (the foliage, not the trunk).
I just held a dead Cedar waxwing in my hand yesterday that had flown into the windows of the house I was working at. Stuck to its feathers was a juniper berry; it looked well-fed, too.
Like certain other trees and plants on this farm, red cedar is amongst the ranks of being seldom (if ever) removed/abused. Like you pointed out, Christine, it holds a bit of reverence, eh?
Thanks for enlightening so many folks with your article!
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