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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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Archive for August, 2010


From the blog member talk by admin on Monday, August 30th, 2010

Name: Janeen
Email: j_witowski@hotmail.com
My husband and I are planning to put an addition onto our house, and we would have to remove the sycamore tree who's roots are cracking the foundation. It …

From the blog member talk by admin on Friday, August 20th, 2010

Name: R NAUGHTON
Email: robtnaughton@sbcglobal.net
How can I prove a farmer spraying his beans for insects killed my peach and plum trees?

BoB Naughton

From the blog member talk by admin on Wednesday, August 18th, 2010

Name: Heather
Email: heathersmu@yahoo.com
Something is wrong with my Linden tree.

In the very early spring, something eats lots of holes in the leaves. It starts to happen about a week after the leaves …

From the blog member talk by admin on Saturday, August 14th, 2010

Name: Irene
Email: yami_dartz@yahoo.com
I have a maple tree about 15 feet from water/lake. It has regular green and mustard colored growth on north side of trunk. Recently, however, there is also a …

From the blog member talk by admin on Tuesday, August 10th, 2010

Name: Bob michiels
Email: sailcircus@gmail.com
In the spring, I put in new sod which thrived expect in the area under the river birch branches. The lawn has gotten sparce, thin, brown. There are …

From the blog member talk by admin on Monday, August 9th, 2010

Name: dorothy weaver
Email: mowglie_1@yahoo.com
a few years ago i read an article about starting crepe myrtles from a tree cutting. now i have access to some tress and would like more of …

From the blog member talk by admin on Sunday, August 8th, 2010

Name: Brenda Roberts
Email: bstarr52@yahoo.com
I have a young redbud tree (4yrs) facing west in my back yard. I noticed this year that on one side of the tree, there appear to be …

From the blog do you know? by kjaros on Friday, August 6th, 2010

We’re about a third of the way there! The Arboretum-led Tree Census teams are working hard gathering important data on the urban forest in seven counties. As of late June, they’re …

From the blog arb happenings by kjaros on Friday, August 6th, 2010

"A tree sheds poison daggers; a glistening red seed stops the heart; a shrub causes intolerable pain; a vine intoxicates; a leaf triggers a war."

Do you think these ideas sound like …

From the blog GreenStory by kjaros on Friday, August 6th, 2010

Results will help determine national Green Practices Rating System.

The eco-friendly, permeable paver brick parking lot at The Morton Arboretum, which has served as a model of green infrastructure for public and …