The Arbor Day Plot
Listening to the Murmurs of Trees
By Maureen Dunphy
On January 1, 2019, I decided to make a resolution that might someday make a difference for my neighborhood and community while contributing to a greener future. This blog’s purpose is to provide a fertile ground to nurture me through the process.
Not just a 7th species . . . 7 more!
Last week, I asked for one more tree--a 7th suggestion--to add to my list of 6 species and received 7 more suggestions, more than doubling the list. If you want to cut to the chase and see the full list of the 13 suggested tree species, check out The List. If you want...
Can you suggest a 7th tree?
To plant a tree that would “attract Kirtland’s Warblers” is the most interesting suggestion I’ve received, so far.
Hearts and Trumpets, Cigars and Fenceposts
"How about a catalpa tree?" While catching up over lunch at a Mexican restaurant in Plymouth, my friend Jan from Ann Arbor (and my Beaver Island companion), suggested I consider planting a catalpa tree when the time comes in April. She described several individual...
Singing Tree and the Honey Locust
I shot this photo with my back pressed against my front door, looking across our single-lane driveway to the honey locust tree. At the top of the photo, you can see the overhang on the east side of our house. On the left side of the photo is the roof of our carport....
Arboretum Added
The new "Arboretum" menu choice is a place to showcase tree photos from you and other readers. Arboretum is a place to showcase photos of trees: favorite trees, unusual trees, or just trees you see going about your everyday life or while traveling. If you e-mail a...
Why Not?
Now that Questions 9 & 10 of the 2019 Michigan Tree Survey had done half of the heavy lifting to get me started on this project (thank you, dear Julia, "City Appraiser 1," for doing the other half!) . . . why not mail the survey to the Arbor Day Foundation? Even...
Maureen Dunphy
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- When the “Day Before” Isn’t
- A New “Plan A”
- A Fool for April . . .
- Not just a 7th species . . . 7 more!
- Can you suggest a 7th tree?
- Hearts and Trumpets, Cigars and Fenceposts
- Singing Tree and the Honey Locust
- Arboretum Added
- Why Not?
- Resolved: Plant a Tree on Arbor Day 2019