Even though it’s sad to go back to winter after a taste of spring, most gardeners know that too warm of a winter is as worrisome as a too cold of a winter as in the last two years. The breaks in the weather have made it possible to perform some necessary watering on the stored nursery stock that last year could not receive waterings because of the bitter cold of last February. Repair work on the greenhouse ebb and flow (self-watering benches) is complete which will finally save time, work, money and water as opposed to long drawn out hand watering.
Last week’s seminar on people and trees by Chad Klink was more informative than I expected. Chad’s knowledge of trees in urban and non-urban settings was quite extensive as he detailed the causes of the declining tree canopy in the City of Cleveland and other cities around the country. Holden Arboretum and the City of Cleveland in addition to other partners do have a plan in place to address the declining tree “infrastructure” to eventually increase the canopy to about double of what it is today. Chad spelled out the benefits of urban trees with the “tree calculator” which calculates actual monetary benefits of the trees. Now after this “wider view” seminar, Cynthia Druckenbrod of the Cleveland Botanical Garden will return to the backyard with her informative presentation on container gardening for year round interest.
See you tomorrow at the seminar!
Tom
Tom
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