Friday, November 5, 2010

Dayton "Dirt" - November 5, 2010

Today the rain and/or snow is a welcome sight as the ground is still on the dry side!
Soil moisture is especially important for broadleaved evergreens as they tend to transpire water more than other evergreens so that adequate soil moisture is important while they are in the dormant stage.

We just received a large shipment of different varieties of Maples in a 2 1/2 “ and 3” caliper size and in the range of 12 to 16 feet!

This size of tree tends to be a size that you could call “instant” shade.
We have finished up covering our own overwintering houses with white plastic film and now are anticipating a run of mice in the houses that will eat bulbs, perennial roots and even bark off trees and shrubs.

Our way of dealing with mice is a good old-fashioned mouse trap baited with a single sunflower seed.

Its not unusual to kill 30-40 in the fall and winter season!

Well, its back to unloading trees and setting them up.

Arriving next week is a load of beautiful Cleveland Select Pears as they could not be dug until all the leaves had fallen.

I just don’t like wrestling around the 500 pound plus root balls!

Back to work,
Tom

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