Down the Worm Hole

Down the Worm Hole

Backyard Wisdom - December 2020
by: Gilbert A Smith, ISA Board Certified Master Arborist

Most of us have had a lot more time to be observing our own back yard this year. In your wanderings have you noticed little 1/2 inch mounds of soil often with pencil sized holes right in the center? What you’re looking at is the work of 250,000 native earth worms as they farm your back yard soil. What are they doing? They’re coming up to the surface, grabbing leaves, pulling them into their burrows and eating them.

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What Is a Sustainable Landscape Anyway?

What Is a Sustainable Landscape Anyway?

Mother Nature’s Moment - December 2020
by: Lesley Bruce Smith, ISA Certified Arborist

Thirty years ago when our sons were in grade school they had a classmate that had to flee, with his mom, out west to a place above tree line in order to not suffer horrendous neurological symptoms due to the abundant use of toxic herbicides and pesticides in our suburban landscapes. This was not a very sustainable situation.

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