How to Plant a Tree
How to Plant a Tree
Here are tips on how to plant a tree—from digging the hole to watering the tree properly once it’s planted.
Spring is a great time for planting trees. The garden centers are
stocked with container-grown trees, but the choices are often limited.
Order a Tree
By ordering trees from a mail-order nursery, you will have a lot more
to choose from and, since you will be living with these trees for many
years to come, you can get the ones you really want.
Trees are dug up from beds in the nursery while they are still
dormant, packed in damp shavings or peat moss, wrapped in plastic, and
shipped off on their cross-country trip to your garden. Since they are
sent without any soil, the shipping costs are minimal. They inevitably
lose some of their roots when they are first dug up, and the roots and
tops are often clipped back before shipping. Like many weary travelers,
they arrive in a state of shock and need immediate care.
St.Lukes Indian Summer~Tidbit Of The Month
http://www.almanac.com/fact/st-lukes-little-summer-lovely-summerlike-days-saint
Lovely, summer like days that occur around October 18 are called Saint Luke’s Little Summer in honor of the saint’s feast day. Around this time, Saint Luke’s feast day, there is a period brief period of calm, dry weather. Of course, it’s difficult to generalize today across the vast continent of North America, but the temperature is usually mild and the leaf colors are turning a gorgeous color. It’s a good time for a brief vacation or visit to a park. In Venice, Italy, they say: “San Luca, El ton va te la zuca” (Pumpkins go stale on St Luke’s Day), but here in North America, pumpkins are enjoying their finest hour. Saint Luke is the patron saint of physicians and surgeons so it seems only fitting that the good doctor give us these calm days. In olden days, St. Luke’s Day did not receive as much attention in the secular world as St. John’s Day (June 24) and Michaelmas (September 29), so it was to keep from being forgotten that St. Luke presented us with some golden days to cherish before the coming of winter, or so the story goes. Some folks call this Indian Summer, but that officially occurs between November 11 and November 20.
Painted Garden Rocks
- Patio Paint in colors of your choice (I used Larkspur Blue, Petunia Purple, Fiesta Yellow, Fuchsia, Citrus Green and Salmon)
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- Smooth rocks, preferably oval or round in shape
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- Paintbrush
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- Toothpick
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- Outdoor sealer or Patio Paint Clear Coat
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