08MR-11: Webmaster Larry Swank is always whining about how ugly Allen's yard is, so this year Allen asked his son Nathan to mow it. True to form, Swank didn't show up and missed the exhibit. The 5-gallon bucket holds water and lets it slowly trickle into the ground and water the bur oak shown, which is protected from the numerous deer in the area by the wire fencing. Allen grew the oak from an acorn he found in the parking lot of the VA Outpatient Clinic in Austin, TX.

08MR-11: Webmaster Larry Swank is always whining about how ugly Allen's yard is, so this year Allen asked his son Nathan to mow it. True to form, Swank didn't show up and missed the exhibit. The 5-gallon bucket holds water and lets it slowly trickle into the ground and water the bur oak shown, which is protected from the numerous deer in the area by the wire fencing. Allen grew the oak from an acorn he found in the parking lot of the VA Outpatient Clinic in Austin, TX.