dogwood, locust and maple.....

ok, so bruce et al cam to put in the window.......which required major demolition in that the front room was originally a log cabin......made of dogwood, locust and maple it would appear from the log sections removed from the corner....curious about the dogwood, which we have never been able to grow in our yard....bruce told me that that sort of tree does better in the woods rather than in an exposed yard........so maybe it was our positioning rather than our alkaline soil that was the undoing.......i will pass along this bit of info to my mother, who wants to cut down her bradford pear and out in a dogwood......i suggested another redbud...as they love whatever soil conditions we have got going in our little bit of paradise.........the hole in the wall has already lightened up the front room tremendously.....my husband was right and this shall be noted publically.......because the wall is so thick the window will have a sill wide enough for the cat to sun herself...and watch the birds on the feeder........the stereo is cranked up with running on empty......bruce works best with the oldies as backround......our daughter seems to be the only bothered by the loud music....go figure.......