PLANT SALE IN FOUNTAIN GARDEN PARK
LARGE BALSAM FIR...
PROVIDE PRIVACY
AS DOES A WHITE PINE
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A LARGE TAMARACK REPLACES THE ASPENSaturday, 7:00 AM. 54 degrees, wind WNW, dead calm. The sky is cloudless with some haze over the lake. The barometer predicts rain, although I think not today, which is the annual Heritage Society plant sale in Fountain Garden Park.
The landscape project south of town on the lake is completed and I am pleased with the results. The objective was to provide privacy screening from the heavily used Brownstone Trail, which passes by the property. Large balsam fir, white pine and tamarack were used, with a few smaller hemlocks. A tall, dying aspen was removed. The plantings add ecological diversity and esthetic interest to the existing forest. The trees were about as large as could be moved without heavy equipment, which would have done significant damage to the forest under story.
Today we will go to Ashland to attend friend Mike Newago’s ordination into the priesthood of the Old Catholic Church. Congratulations, Mike! I visited Jay in the hospital yesterday, he is doing well considering the circumstances. He will be transferred to Duluth on Tuesday for further surgery.
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