Replacing the Urban Tree Canopy – Post EAB
The urban tree canopy is failing. In many cities across eastern North America, gardeners and arborists find themselves in a situation. We need to replace the canopy of our urban forest, again. This has happened before, and we failed to learn from it. It happened after Dutch Elm Disease, and now it is happening again […]
Improving Quality of Life: Improving Heavy Clay Soils
Living in the central Great Plains can be a challenge: prairie fires, extreme temperature swings, wind, chemical drift, drought, and soil quality. For many of us, soil quality can be a determining factor in choosing plants for our garden. I have been fortunate to have great silt clay loam soil in my garden, but I […]
How we make Real Maple Syrup
To make maple syrup, first we need to gather maple sap. Our supplies: 1 Bucket Plastic Tubing Cordless Drill Custom Metal Tap Hammer Sanitizing Wipes We clean our supplies before they go into the tree. Then we drill a hole in the tree for the tap. The hole needs to be just large enough […]
