Description: Eastern White Pine ( Pinus strobus) is a hardy and valuable conifer. The largest of the northeastern conifers, a magnificent evergreen with straight trunk and and a crown of horizontal branches: 1 row added each year. Prized for it’s lumber Eastern White Pine has been used for construction, millwork, trim, and pulpwood. Younger trees have replaced the once seemingly …
Strong Root Systems- “You Can Grow That”
Okay, So here’s the bottom line. Do you want the trees that you’ve planted to be healthy and live a long, fruitful life? Then you need to be thinking about the parts of the tree that, for the most part, go unnoticed. THE ROOTS! Healthy roots= healthy trees. Now we could get in to the biology and physiology of trees …
Northern Red Oak
Description: Northern Red Oak ( Quercus rubra) of the Fagaceae family is a widespread, common Oak of the open woods. It is one of the largest Oaks, occasionally 125′ high. An important lumber species, mostly used for flooring, furniture, millwork, railroad cross ties, fence posts and pilings. A popular and handsome shade tree, with good form and dense foliage. Northern …
Quality Nursery Stock- You Can Grow That, Nov.
The temperatures are dropping in most climate zones and our outdoor growing season is coming to an end ( sort of). But did you know that November is a great time to plant new trees in your landscape. There are many factors from a plant health perspective that make November a good planting time. Perhaps you have already discovered another …
Keeping Trees in Their Right Place (You Can Grow That Oct.)
As many know, Autumn is a great time to plant a new tree . Whether it’s those fruit trees you’ve been wanting to plant for a few years or a young shade tree that will grow up to cut down your AC costs in the summers, The fall is a nice time for that tree planting. With the great care …
12 Steps to Planting Healthy Trees
Okay, so I know that if your anything like me, when Spring rolls in each year, you start thinking about planting. Planting seeds, veggies, bulbs, and hopefully planting trees. So do you have plans this season to plant any new trees? Let’s talk about it! Step 1. Plan Out Your Planting Site. Your tree will grow. Do not plant your tree where …
Planting Healthy Trees- You Can Grow That-March edition
This is my first edition to the new blogging campaign created by C. L. Fornari, Cape Cod Master Gardener. ” You Can Grow That” will be a collection of various garden blog posts on the 4th of every month that can serve to raise awareness of the joy and importance of gardening and planting. Of coarse we all are aware …
Slowing Down To Notice the Trees
STOPPING BY WOODS ON A SNOWY EVENING by Robert Frost Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow. My little horse must think it queer To stop without a farmhouse near Between the woods and frozen lake The …