He hopes to transplant the survivors to selected locations in a few years. His interest in the chestnut tree was sparked by his high school teacher, and my interest comes from my father s love of the woods. I haven t thought about chestnut tress for a long time. This stanza is difficult to understand now since most of the chestnut trees are gone, and so are the blacksmiths. The Boys Home campus today is framed with stately oaks and sheltered by lofty evergreens.
Chestnut trees aren t very popular because they take so long to mature.
The chestnut tree is not a tree for a decade its towering trunk takes a generation of patience for the foliage to spread. Josh, who is 17, may see the chestnuts mature from these trees, but more likely will not. Yet the lesson in the chestnut tree is just that we must plan even for those harvests we will never see. In our hurried pace it is sometimes hard to find time to do everything. Thankfully, there are still people like you who have a vision, plan carefully, and feel responsibility for the future.