One of the major casualties in my garden this year was an 18 year old branched Freeman Maple that was one of the anchors of the backyard. When we moved in about 20 years ago, along the side property line was a row of very scraggly Siberian Elms that were nearing the end of their life … Continue reading So Long Beautiful Maple Tree
Tag: Ash
Sunday Feature: Holes in the Mountain Ash
**Today's post is from guest blogger, Peggy** For almost 10 yrs, the 2 mountain ashes in our yard has had a woodpecker, or something similar, making quite an interesting pattern of peck marks in it. Hard as we've tried, we've not been able to spy the culprit. The trees were quite small when the holes … Continue reading Sunday Feature: Holes in the Mountain Ash
Attack of the Emerald Ash Borer: Part 2
So that bring me to this year... Whenever my husband would say "The ash looks thin this year", I would respond, "It's ok, it's still leafing out since spring came so late this year." Then, last week I went out and stood under it to try and decide some other landscaping issues, looked up and was … Continue reading Attack of the Emerald Ash Borer: Part 2
Attack of the Emerald Ash Borer: Part 1
If you're in some states, or regions, you've already experienced the devastation of the Emerald Ash Borer, or EAB. Here in my part of IL, we've been trying hard to prevent the infestation from destroying all the ash trees, but in some areas it's already a lost cause. For example, I was driving my son … Continue reading Attack of the Emerald Ash Borer: Part 1