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Creston has quite a few tulip trees, actually. Check out Beltane Nursery; 12th Ave. above Canyon; Dogwood St. just west of 18th Ave; Creston...
Thanks to Google Street View, it's possible to browse most B.C. towns and identify many of their trees. The following blogs are open: Trees of...
There are fewer healthy ponderosa than during my travels in the 1980s and 1990s. But since the mid-to-late 2000s its condition appears to have...
I toured the BC Interior in 1994, long before the Mountain Pine Beetle received the publicity it has now. Lodgepole Pine was the undisputed king...
On poorly drained terrain, raking the ground clean allows air to get at the soil, decreasing the risk of root suffocation in a wet season. -Tony
This thread wouldn't be complete without a look at an important advantage of being a winter pollinator: fewer predators and no insect-eating...
Another Liriodendron appears to be on display at Guntersville, Alabama. As of 10 September 2007, it was already showing autumn colors. Large areas...
A pH as high as what zakacheema reports implies that the soil has sodium carbonate. This will need to be leached out before a diverse array of...
The best chemical fertilizers for soilless mixes have most of their nitrogen in nitrate form. They also provide soluble calcium, magnesium,...
In general, grapes respond to a complete fertilizer such as 20-20-20 or a fertilizer with the third number (potassium) the highest. Magnesium and...
Web cam images may not always be of the best quality, but it's fun to spot certain plant species, especially trees. Sometimes you have to revisit...
There are special "peat-lite" formulations. I'd choose 20-10-20 (mostly soluble nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium) and 15-0-15 (which has soluble...
Winters may not be too troublesome for bay on northeastern Vancouver Island, but the summers might be too cool and cloudy. Places such as Port...
A phosphorus carrier may be helpful in some cases, and the pH should be near neutral. -Tony
You have a point, hortfreak. Theft may well explain why there were no understory plants in one of the few earthworm-free areas in Toronto's parks...
According to the Canadian Climate Data site for "Victoria Gonzales Hts," data is missing for the winter of 1989. But there surely was hard frost,...
Terralink in Abbotsford looks good. -Tony
Here is an eye-opening article by University of Minnesota researchers. And as to my earlier observations... ... there may have been plenty of...
The New York Times published Anne Raver's "The Dark Side Of a Good Friend To the Soil," on March 15, 2007. It expresses concern about the effects...
Lost Maples State Natural Area was established to protect relict stands of Bigtooth Maple (Acer grandidentatum, locally called Uvalde Maple)...
