Part of my absence from the blog would be teaching my winter term class “Trees and the Urban Forest” again this semester. It’s a great class, in a super rushed sort of way all winter term classes probably are. As … Continue reading →…Continue Reading Emerald Ash Borer Presentation-This Wednesday
Tag: Trees
Fall Arbor Day 2014
An extremely late spring-not warming up until mid May-left our landscape department short on time. We decided to postpone Arbor Day for a fall celebration, which we are holding next week. Friday, October 10th, starting at 3:00. We’ll start with … Continue reading →…Continue Reading Fall Arbor Day 2014
The Twelve Oldest Trees on Campus
Middlebury Magazine asked me to help with a story a month or so ago-they were looking for the 10 oldest trees on campus. Naturally, I gave them 12. There were a couple I just couldn’t leave off, and I walk … Continue reading →…Continue Reading The Twelve Oldest Trees on Campus
The Botany of Syrup
Any kid will tell you maple syrup is special, but how special? Is tapping a maple tree like putting a spigot in the trunk? And why maple? In a wonderful book I’ve written about before by Nalini M. Nadkarni called … Continue reading →…Continue Reading The Botany of Syrup
Free Tree Pruning Webinar
There are no truly awful times to prune a tree, but it’s best to prune in late winter. Early spring would be the only bad time-opening buds and blooms are the low point in a tree’s stored energy reserves, and … Continue reading →…Continue Reading Free Tree Pruning Webinar
Middlebury’s Elm Collection
Among various tree geeks in New England Middlebury is well known for our Heritage Elm Collection. Elms, of course, naturally succomb to Dutch Elm Disease if we humans aren’t very proactive. We treat 28 old Elm trees, some of which … Continue reading →…Continue Reading Middlebury’s Elm Collection
Tree Map Updated
Having run inside, fleeing from the sub zero temperatures outside today, I spent the day updating our ArcGIS tree map with all the newly planted trees this year, as well as our removals. Seems like a good time to point … Continue reading →…Continue Reading Tree Map Updated