

The Transplanted Tree
Outside my window where my family and I have been staying during this season of lockdown and self isolation grows a baby tree - not a plant - but a tree root, a taproot, that my husband planted by our room. The taproot was taken from elsewhere and planted near our room so it could grow and provide shade. Since moving it, it’s needed some tender care - a little bit of natural fertilizer and ground covering from the land around us (compost, leaves), plenty of water and not too