The garden changes rapidly in the month of June. We plant in May, and as the weather warms in June with long days of sunshine, change comes at us fast. The tomato plants and cucumbers…Continue Reading
Trees
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Tree humor that “walnut” disappoint you
Competition is a good thing but with plants, like people, to undercut damage and diminish another for their own advancement is well just nasty. It’s toxic. When it comes to this behavior the allelopathy role…Continue Reading
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Trees do “social distancing” too
Social distancing practiced by trees. I have from time to time while walking through a wooded area noticed the uppermost branches of certain tree species that don’t like to touch one another. Way up there…Continue Reading
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Gratitude for Trees
In this month of thankfulness we often take for granted the trees surrounding us. As the final colorful leaves drift to earth and our attention turns towards boughs of holiday evergreen, I was reflecting on…Continue Reading
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Boogie Woogie Aphid
It’s that time of year again….time when people stop to see me completely freaked out by a “dancing snowflakes on their tree!” Well Happy Holidays and relax. The “snowflakes” are an insect called Beech Blight…Continue Reading