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EMERSON SCHOOL’S ELMS
I grew up on the Near West Side of Chicago in a neighborhood of concrete and asphalt that was nearly…
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HEALING MY SILVER MAPLE
We have a 45 year old Silver Maple in our backyard. At some point in it's early days, someone probably…
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SAVING A TREE
I had an older Silver Maple in my backyard. I know they aren't the best trees but it provided much…
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From the blog member talk by admin on Friday, August 12th, 2011

Name: Tim Stumpf
Email: stumpft@att.net
Color Change.

The tree is about 12' tall and I planted it 3 years ago. It is mostly full sun. The last two years about the same time, first …

From the blog member talk by admin on Friday, August 12th, 2011

Name: Nancy Martinucci
Email: mcnucci@comcast.net
In 2007 I had an Autumn Blaze maple tree planted in our backyard. It was doing ok until this summer. Right now the top center and south west …

From the blog member talk by admin on Friday, August 12th, 2011

Name: Mary Ann Krueger
Email: mak10.1@netzero.com
An old Juniper in our community was noticed to be getting brown and it has progressed to half the tree is now brown...a landscaper told me 2 …

From the blog member talk by admin on Friday, August 5th, 2011

Name: maureen
Email: maureen.curry@gmail.com
Last year in April, we had about 8 large trees pruned and treated with deep root fertilization. The trees seemed fine, but we did not notice any new growth. …

From the blog member talk by admin on Monday, August 1st, 2011

Name: Brad Novak
Email: bowlingbrad300@gmail.com
Hello,
We have an old horse chestnut tree in our backyard that I think is poisoning our dogs. They've been eating various 'droppings' from the tree for years and …

From the blog member talk by kjaros on Monday, August 1st, 2011

I saw this in one of  the Sunday newspaper magazines. They ran an article that featured a quiz asking readers if they know how to be happy. One of the questions asked …

From the blog member talk by admin on Friday, July 29th, 2011

Name: mak
Email: jfkmak@earthlink.net
We recently lost our parkway tree (a maple) to the recent storms. It was a beautiful tree and we were so sad to lose it. Our town will replace …

From the blog member talk by admin on Tuesday, July 19th, 2011

Name: ArborAmor
I am interested in the possibility of establishing a Chicago-area seedling exchange.

The idea would be to promote the planting of young trees in our area by connecting people who love …

From the blog member talk by admin on Thursday, July 14th, 2011

Name: SSD
Email: shweta@ameritech.net
I have a pink flowering Lilac bush (most probably Miss Canada) of which half the bush is dying. For the past two years one half comes back in spring …

From the blog member talk by admin on Tuesday, July 12th, 2011

Name: Marilyn
Email: soderr@aol.com
My Redbud tree's leaves have blue spots on some and they are fall off. What should I do?