Friday, April 8, 2011

Dayton "Dirt" - April 8, 2011

We’re just now starting to pick up and to receive shipments of trees and shrubs from Lake County, Ohio. This huge nursery belt exists because of good soil and the effect that Lake Erie tends to moderate sudden and quick changes in the weather. The cool lake in spring slows down the plant’s growth so that there is a longer period in which to dig and harvest the plants and new growth is usually not sacrificed to hard frosts as Lake Erie’s effects on preventing or mitigating spring frosts is effective from the lake shore inland 2 to 5 miles.

This area of Ohio is placed in a climatic zone 6 instead of the colder zone of 5 like the rest of northern Ohio. For most part, we should be set with most of our nursery stock by April 15th although you never know what the weather is capable of in early April.

The thousands of daffodils are blooming everywhere around the nursery so be sure to come check them out. Take a virtual tour of the nursery from the photos that we took of the nursery and blooming grounds last spring as the virtual tour will give you an idea of what you will see (plus the additions we made since then) if you walk around the nursery.

Come on down!

Tom

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