PARTY ON, BAYFIELD TREE BOARD!

BAYFIELD TREE BOARD CHRISTMAS PARTY

Saturday, 7:45 AM.  37 degrees F at the ferry dock, 34 on the back porch.  Wind S, light with slightly stronger gusts.  The sky is shrouded in a low overcast, the humidity is 94% and the barometer is still falling, currently at 30.03". The icy roads are melting rapidly.
   We have another busy day:  we have to drive south of ashland a ways to pick up our annual quarter of  beef, 175 lbs, from the Robinsons, who raise four beef cattle a year.  It is wonderful, grass-fed, antibiotic free meat. Current price is $3.90 per pound, cut and freezer wrapped. Then its off to the recycle center.
   Joan and I hosted a Christmas party for the Bayfield Tree Board last night.  We had a grand time, and almost everyone could make it.  2014 was a banner year; we planted 39 trees of various species on Bayfield streets, trimmed and fertilized 65 young trees and accomplished many other tasks as well, including revising the tree ordinance and managing a $49,800 grant to plant trees to reduce storm water runoff in Ashland, Washburn, Bayfield and Red Cliff.
  Party on, Bayfield Tree Board!