A Grower Perspective

When entangled in the throes of winter the last thing most people are thinking of is their landscape.   The dog days of summer are just around the corner and the temperatures will be hitting up pretty fast. Now is the best time to start planting shade trees that, over time, will shield your home from the direct heat of the sun and add curb appeal to your home.  Deciduous trees allow for light and warmth to hit your home in the winter months and the foliage will shade and help cool your home in the summer. 

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In the nursery trade b&b is short for ball and burlap.  We can usually begin digging our field stock in late October but the timing is based primarily on weather conditions.  It is necessary to let the ground get wet enough so that the root ball of the plant holds together without cracking or breaking.  In the fall as temperatures get cooler and the days shorter plants head into winter dormancy so digging this time of year puts much less stress on the plant.  We offer a wide selection of field grown plant material including conifers, shrubs, and shade trees.

When you purchase a plant that has been dug in ball and burlap fashion you want to handle the ball carefully and not drop it. Breaking or cracking the ball will increase the mortality of your plant.

We use burlap and Jute Twine that biodegrades so it isn’t necessary

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The weather, what we talk about around here, is crisp, clear, sunny, blue skies and downright cold. I don't know why but it making me a little cranky and maybe it is not the weather but the frozen pipe I have going to the washing machine and just the general concern about plants, animals and all of us in this cold weather. On my way to work I was thinking about what could bring me out of this funk, no need to get crotchety at this glorious time of year.  I looked up and saw the hill, Mount Pisgah, with a lovely pink glow. I could not meditate something this great no matter how long I sat.  Ahh, I can arrive with a little better cheer.

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A couple of week's ago I notice that the Swainson's Thrush no longer were singing their melodious, melancholy song in the twilight, I noticed the crickets started their chirping which usually unnerves me as I know it signals the downhill slide of summer into autumn. And then the almost unbearable hot weather came and all thought of anything like fall or winter were far, far away. When it cooled off again, I added another blanket to the bed and put on a sweatshirt in the mornings. And then with an almost imperceptible blink it changed, that leaf that yellows and falls, the slight droopiness of the plants turning the corner from vigorous to heading for fall look, and then the great thing that happens; a marked rise in energy. This is the ability to do things that a week ago seemed to take too much thinking and work to even want to attempt, now can get done in an hour or so. I noticed in our weekly meeting everyone was coming up with great and very useful and creative ideas, and was willing to implement them. I love autumn and the new energy it brings, and acknowledge the sadness that comes when we realize that the summer we wait for was circling around into the natural rhythm of our world. Jewish New Year is in September and it seems so appropriate to me to have a new beginning when you have the energy to match it.

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The weather has been strange this year, to say the least.  Today's weather was no exception.  It's almost May.  We've just had some gorgeous warm spring weather.  And yet today, hail.  A crazy few moments of hail.  It was so loud on our metal roof that sitting in my office upstairs, I felt briefly that I was sitting within a snare drum.  Thankfully it didn't last long and there was no damage.  But it leaves you wondering, when it comes to weather, what in the world is next?

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