By Gary Salmon Warm fires and cozy living rooms complete with a decorated Christmas tree are a part of many of our December lives. We look for just the right tree, not too dense to prevent ornament hanging, but just […]
Tag: Trees
Column, Tree Talk
It’s flying season
There seems to be an increase in citizen concern about emeraldash borer (EAB) based on the number of calls and e-mails I have been getting this summer from people wanting simple answers to difficult questions. The difficult part is the […]
Column, Tree Talk
Baxter beauties, neighborly sights
They are living about three blocks apart and are almost twins in size and shape. One is on Maple Street (between Pine and Baxter) in Rutland and the other is on Baxter (between Library and Park). There is actually a […]
Featured, Local News
Rutland Blooms plants 56 trees in city
Nearly three dozen Rutland Blooms volunteers beautified Rutland’s northwest neighborhood Thursday, May 26, planting dozens of trees along sections of Crescent and Grove streets. “We planted some of the biggest trees we’ve planted so far, thanks to the generosity of […]
Tree Talk
The colors of summer: Yellow, white and green
By Gary Salmon June has taken us from the early yellow-green foliage of spring to the more mature dark green canopies that will grace the 6.5 million acres of Vermont’s forest for the remainder of the summer. The goal, of […]
Column, Tree Talk
Not “just a bunch of trees”
By Gary Salmon Just as fall is appearing, two trees pop into the landscape whose color will be okay but whose form is what catches the eye. They both live in Rutland, one on Court Street across from Grace Church […]
Letter, Opinion
Save our trees to save ourselves
Dear Editor, Forest ecologists estimate that if you let a New England farm field go fallow, it takes natural succession about 120 years to re-establish a healthy soil biome, but even that will be but a pale shadow of the […]
News Briefs
Volunteers dig into Rutland beautification
RUTLAND—A small army of Rutland Blooms volunteers made a big contribution to the ongoing beautification of the City of Rutland Thursday, May 11, planting 46 crabapple trees. The planting comes just days after a devastating wind storm wreaked havoc, toppling […]
Local News
Facing invasive species, Mendon to remove trees
By Evan Johnson Spread out among 17 tracts in the woods around Mendon, 150 acres of red pine are coming down this year. The trees are being removed due to red pine scale, an invasive species that preys on the […]
Column, The Outside Story
The trees of Christmas past and future
By Patrick White You picked it out, maybe cut it down, brought it home, watered it, and decorated it. But do you know what species of tree that is, surrounded by presents in your living room? If you purchased your […]