Alaska gardening: Jeff Lowenfels mourns the loss of mighty trees that are such an iconic part of the Anchorage landscape.
William Burroughs from Alaska Tree Care Professionals takes down a tree killed by spruce bark beetle.
Those insects, in turn, provide food for birds, and the trees are a safe place for nesting. Songbirds dart in and out of them. Eagles choose the tallest, to observe prey. Owls perch in them at night; their pellets can often be found in the morning. Our mammoths also support lichens, mosses and fungi. There is a sophisticated civilization in every one of these stately trees.
I may be the garden columnist in town, but that doesn’t mean our property is immune from the tragedy caused by successful spruce bark beetles. We all hope — and some even think — we can escape climate change and global warming. It is just not so; not yet, anyhow and spruce bark beetles help prove this.
Our dead monarchs were unusually large and beautiful specimens. The expert cutter we hired had to climb several of them — amazing! — and cut them down from the top in three or four pieces so as to avoid dropping them down on the house, the deck or worse, a garden bed. Alaska Botanical Garden: The nursery is open and the gardens are greened up and starting to bloom. Time to visit. Time to join. Check out the schedule and offerings atLawns: In theory “No Mow May” is officially over. That excuse for not mowing is gone. Don’t worry, join a “Just The Same For June” movement.
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