by Jerry Reilly | Jul 14, 2012 | Crowd sourcing needed |
I just had a second person who lives in Newton but grew up somewhere else tell me about ‘volunteer trees’ in their yard. The woman on Parmenter Road grew up in Kansas, the woman on Myrtle Street in Missouri and Iowa. What they’re talking about is...
by Jerry Reilly | May 23, 2012 | Newton |
The tomato structure story inspired me to try again to do something about this sign lashed to a tree in front of the West Newton Citgo station. It’s not just ugly and not good for the tree. It’s a violation of Mass General Laws and Newton’s Public Tree ordinance. And...
by Jerry Reilly | Apr 24, 2012 | Environment |
I was going to do another tree-related topic first, but in response to Greg’s (?) request for some of today’s photos, I’ll switch. Girdling is anything that cuts off the movement of water and nutrients up from the roots to the leaves, or sugars made by the leaves down...