tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14958949.post113201702422678724..comments2023-08-20T10:49:09.928-04:00Comments on Don Watcher: Please Water our Trees: Roundtable ReportDonwatcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14196127953849417904noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14958949.post-1132683858488431592005-11-22T13:24:00.000-05:002005-11-22T13:24:00.000-05:00You are so right, Ferdzy. Southern Ontario has bee...You are so right, Ferdzy. Southern Ontario has been experiencing drought like conditions during the summer for the past five years. Newly planted trees require lots of water. We have been trying to get the city include a watering budget for their tree plantings even if that means planting less trees. However the city is still of the mind to plant and forget.<BR/><BR/>That's one reason why we created our stewardship program, www.toronto.ca/don/summer_volunteers.htm,<BR/>to try and save some of our important sites from drying out. So far it's working but it would be nice to expand to all of our planting sites.Donwatcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14196127953849417904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14958949.post-1132516431033719932005-11-20T14:53:00.000-05:002005-11-20T14:53:00.000-05:00But to get back to that tree-watering theme... It'...But to get back to that tree-watering theme... It's been a problem here in the Kitchener/Waterloo area as well; trees get planted, whether by the municipality or by volunteers, or even by industries (as buffers around their factories), and then, routinely, half of them die. I am sure (lack of) water is the problem. We have a social attitude that lawns get watered and trees don't, which is completely backwards. Grass goes dormant and will revive itself when the rains return. Trees don't: if they don't get water at critical times, they're dead, Jim. I think this simple tree/grass division is an important first step towards getting people to rethink their use of water in the landscape. (And from there, maybe, <I>how</I> they landscape... )Ferdzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10842130394749345902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14958949.post-1132198087864212112005-11-16T22:28:00.000-05:002005-11-16T22:28:00.000-05:00Thanks for pointing that out Kat. I guess I went a...Thanks for pointing that out Kat. I guess I went a little overboard on the watering theme.<BR/><BR/>DWDonwatcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14196127953849417904noreply@blogger.com