MONROE - Remember warmer weather and colorful fall foliage? The wonderful colors and the shade from trees during the hot summers are something for which to be thankful. Trees provide a home and food for the birds, squirrels, rabbits, and other critters. What can be done to assure that fall colors and summer shade are preserved, and to keep the birds singing and the animals cavorting? The trees and forests always need to be replenished. One way of replenishing them is to replant new younger trees.
The Green County Land and Water Conservation Department is offering 10 varieties of trees and 2 varieties of shrubs for landowners interested in planting trees in spring 2016. The tree varieties are: bur oak, red oak, white oak, swamp white oak, sugar maple, sycamore, black cherry, basswood, white pine and harbin pear. Shrubs available are hazel nut and highbush cranberry. The trees and shrubs will be bare root, 1- to 2-feet tall for Basswood and 2- to 3-feet tall for all the rest. The cost is $2 a tree but must be ordered in increments of 10 of one species.
Trees can be ordered by contacting the LWCD by phone or walk-in, or by ordering through the Green County website at www.co.green.wi.gov. Click on the departments tab then Land & Water Conservation. The order form is near the bottom of the page. If unsure about what trees will work in a particular soil, or for other questions, stop in or call the department at 608-325-4195. Orders will be accepted until Dec. 31.
The scheduled delivery of trees is April 2016.
The Green County Land and Water Conservation Department is offering 10 varieties of trees and 2 varieties of shrubs for landowners interested in planting trees in spring 2016. The tree varieties are: bur oak, red oak, white oak, swamp white oak, sugar maple, sycamore, black cherry, basswood, white pine and harbin pear. Shrubs available are hazel nut and highbush cranberry. The trees and shrubs will be bare root, 1- to 2-feet tall for Basswood and 2- to 3-feet tall for all the rest. The cost is $2 a tree but must be ordered in increments of 10 of one species.
Trees can be ordered by contacting the LWCD by phone or walk-in, or by ordering through the Green County website at www.co.green.wi.gov. Click on the departments tab then Land & Water Conservation. The order form is near the bottom of the page. If unsure about what trees will work in a particular soil, or for other questions, stop in or call the department at 608-325-4195. Orders will be accepted until Dec. 31.
The scheduled delivery of trees is April 2016.