The bark has that sort of fruit tree look when young. If you're not sure I'd wait til they either flower or leaf out which will not be long. I moved to a property with one wild plum bush and now have a small thicket 5 yrs later. Just pruned them to about 6 ft. apart this past winter. 8ft. may have been a better choice. Most of them are connected underground. Recommend cutting the roots with an axe underground rather than leave a stump. My 2 cents of advice.

Angelina bought the rights to 6 of Patricia Cornwell's books a year or so ago...then I read in one of the rag trades that she's actually gonna play Kay Scarpetta...She is sooo not Kay Scarpetta... I can't wait to send hubster to the Library...I went on line and reserved a bunch of Plum books and he'll go pick them up for me since I'm not my usual fast walkin self! I'll reserve my comments for Heigl playing Plum till I read some of the books... I would love to see Grafton's book made into some movies...I love Kinsey and I want to see her boat/apartment come to life! I picture Peter Falk playing her landlord! He plays a good ole man! I agree that Hillary Swank would make a great Kinsey!

There are safe (and beautiful) areas of Trenton just as there are unsafe and blighted areas of Pittsburgh. The reason it was not filmed in New Jersey was due to money. NJ legislators were talking of revoking film and television tax credits just around the time Trenton was being considered as a location and thus the production company decided on Pittsburgh. Serious grumblings against NJ the tax credit had a lot to do with that most ridiculous TV show 'Jersey Shore' which angered many residents and politicians who felt it demeaned the state. The NJ Assembly was due to vote on reinstating the tax credits in early Jan 2012.

I love the Stephanie Plum books, too. I may have been one of the folks singing the praises of that series on other posts. There are now 16 books in the series. Finger Lickin' Fifteen was just released in paperback, and Sizzling Sixteen was released June 22. And don't forget to read the four "between the numbers" books. You should read them in the proper order too, or there might be a spoiler or two. They are Visions of Sugar Plums (8 1/2), Plum Lovin (12 1/2), Plum Lucky (13 1/2) and Plum Spooky (14 1/2). Janet Evanovich has a great website; be sure to check out all the tabs and links. They send out a newsletter and email updates if you're interested. Here is a link that might be useful: All things Evanovich and Plum