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Comment on In memoriam by Herbie — what remains « Taking Place In The Trees

Herbie — what remains « Taking Place In The Trees — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:44:15 +0000

[...] Champion elm had lived for over two hundred years before meeting his end this past January (see this post for the story). I wanted to see Herbie’s stump and get a better idea of what 217 years of [...]

Comment on Picea glauca bare-root transplant by Deborah Howe

Deborah Howe — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 19:40:44 +0000

Thanks for your note! Jim and Don did a really nice job with this one, and I’m hoping they’ll have more projects to share in the future.
Up here in New England, Dwarf Alberta Spruces will grow big, if left in place long enough. They’re sold as adorable little plants, and many people (homeowners in particular, but I’ve seen designers make this mistake, too) plant them with the assumption that ‘dwarf’ means ‘will stay small forever’. Big specimens — those whose height is measured in teens of feet — can look wonderful, given the right spot.

Comment on Picea glauca bare-root transplant by City4ster

City4ster — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 01:57:31 +0000

Outstanding…. Getting those that big and keeping the spider mites from it is not easy. Obviously worth the effort to the site and the school.
It also looks like you will be getting more of these stories. I will have to look and see what pics I have
Thanks

Comment on When they say ‘taking place in the trees’, they mean it by Deborah Howe

Deborah Howe — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:24:08 +0000

Thanks very much! I have Vulgare on my Google reader, so get to see your posts as they arrive. Always interesting…

Comment on In memoriam by andrea fox

andrea fox — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:24:50 +0000

what a beautiful story and wonderful history that herbie and frank shared… thanks so much for posting on this.

Comment on When they say ‘taking place in the trees’, they mean it by Thomas barbey

Thomas barbey — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:00:09 +0000

Hi Deb,

Thanks for your comment on Vulgare.
Your blog is really interesting.
I will make a link about it on Vulgare, shortly.

Best
Thomas Barbey

Comment on In memoriam by Herbie « Taking Place

Herbie « Taking Place — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:56:06 +0000

[...] that was taken down last week after a life that spanned more than two centuries. The post, at Taking Place In The Trees, included several photos I took the day before Herbie came down. In his prime, Herbie was the [...]

Comment on Air tool observations by Deborah Howe

Deborah Howe — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:44:10 +0000

Hi, Art — The video should give you a better idea than the blog photos of how the work is done and what’s involved. It sounds as if you’re using one of the other really great applications for air, though — it’s excellent when you have mature plants that you don’t want to stress but do want to underplant. Do you have any photos of the fern plugs in place? I’d be happy to post them…See you at New England Grows!

Comment on Air tool observations by Art Presson

Art Presson — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:12:08 +0000

Deb,
We still have not used our air spade for tree moving. Courage will come with time. Your video would be helpful. We did use the spade this year for fern plug planting in an allee of old cherry trees to prevent root damage. I hope to see the results of that effort in the spring.

Hope to see you at NE Grows.

Comment on Air tool observations by Air tool transplant video « Taking Place

Air tool transplant video « Taking Place — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 16:04:10 +0000

[...] 24, 2010 by Deborah Howe I just got a rough cut today of the video, shot last summer, of the moving of a very large (about 14″ caliper, 30′ height) London Plane Tree in Wellesley, MA. It’s taken a while to edit several hours of footage down to a half an hour, but it’s about [...]