tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7686738124797191445.post7533792192955719389..comments2024-03-24T10:07:45.795-04:00Comments on Nature Nuggets: Are trees lonely?Allen Woodliffehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07730308918843819863noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7686738124797191445.post-40012135943366097972015-02-04T15:48:13.349-05:002015-02-04T15:48:13.349-05:00Hi Irene. Thanks for your comments. I am so glad y...Hi Irene. Thanks for your comments. I am so glad you enjoyed it and that it triggered some great memories for you. I also keep an eye on the Harwich Line tree, obviously. The combination of ag equipment cutting off roots, or having some nasty chemicals spilled at the wrong time, would be devastating, as would a landowner who just wants another row or two of crop, even though it is on municipal property. Perhaps this tree, or ones like it, could be recommended as a C-K Heritage Tree given their relative scattered and low numbers and the ongoing threats they face. Technically they aren't rare....yet, but there may be other justifications for their heritage status.<br /><br />Thanks again.Allen Woodliffehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07730308918843819863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7686738124797191445.post-87439689999312346562015-02-03T23:29:51.102-05:002015-02-03T23:29:51.102-05:00Allen: Your Blog tonight is of special interest ...Allen: Your Blog tonight is of special interest to me--a joy to read and reminisce !<br />I have watched over that Elm tree on Harwich Rd. for many long years, wondering<br />about the fateful day when it might meet up with "an axe", by someone wanting<br />just a little more planting space. I did speak with someone from Ridgetown<br />College, sharing it's location. I had hoped it would get a plaque, or some means<br />of protection at the very least. Nothing yet, that I am aware of anyway.<br />The Chestnut trees of long ago. Memories again ! As a child from a very large<br />family---it was a yearly tradition that we packed up a lunch bag, and headed out<br />to that very same area you mentioned. We spent the long day harvesting <br />chestnuts for the coming winter [ I suppose ]. I remember my mother roasting<br />the chestnuts in the kitchen wood stove. Mmmmm! My brothers, also, went<br />door-to-door peddling the nuts. My first encounter--with a little green snake--<br />was on one of those "nutting days ". Yikes ! It was in the tree where I was<br />picking. Thanks for the memories !Irenenoreply@blogger.com