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MT and WY aren’t doing well? They’re near the bottom of the lists in cases and cases/1M. And these are red states with a lot of people that dgiaf about masks, distancing, etc.

It’s pretty easy to keep numbers down in rural states like VT, NH, and ME. Population density seems to be driving this the most.

Lots of those beetles here too Oriental beetles

Only 554 active cases in NH as of yesterday and 1/5 of those were in Goffstown which I assume is a nursing home.

walnut or hickory?

Green ash has very short petioles (stems) from the leaflets. White ash has longer leaflet petioles. Black ash have none.

Do you think blue ash would grow well up here? We’re pretty far NE from its native range. I’ve read that it has shown the best resilience to EAB although maybe that’s just a case of them preferring other ash first. Maybe the chemical that helps produce the blue dye inside the bark isn’t very appetizing?

My green ash trees are producing a decent amount of seeds. Haven’t checked the sugar maple yet. But we have plenty of the ash and red maples if you need any to spread out there before winter. Maybe the shrubby willow is pussywillow?

Tamarack holding me to a higher standard of information. Largest edible fruit tree native to the US (some sources say continent).

I have a bunch of pawpaw seedlings started as well. They can handle zone 5 temps and are native to S MI and W NY...we'll see how they do in C NH this winter. They produce the largest fruit from any tree native to the US. They tend to grow as an understory in river and stream bottoms and can handle the occasional wet feet flooding. It's about as close to a tropical fruit tree as we get near this latitude of North America. I can't wait to get fruit from mine. omnomnom

Oops...was thinking black gum as the native. The trees at Lowes were definitely sweetgum though. As for the bald cypress, apparently there's a healthy one all the way up in Jefferson, NH. https://extension.unh.edu/fwt/bigtrees/admin/reports/report_docs/bigtree_rep_champ.cfm A vertical height of 21ft isn't exactly "big" though. If anyone wants some northern catalpa come on over and get some. They need to be transplanted from one of my big fabric pots. It's cost Legro a NWS weighing gauge though.

Our Lowes actually had some american sweetgum trees this spring. They're native to our area. I'm trying some dawn redwoods in pots from seed...they're another zone 5 tweener that can handle some wetter periods. Everything I've seen on bald cypress is zone 4 or higher, but I'll defer to tamarack on that for real world verification. I like the red maple idea. You could just get some basic native red maple from arbor day... https://shop.arborday.org/shade-trees ...or just check the 1/2 off sales at the box stores in the coming weeks. Or find one you like this fall somewhere and try to dig it up and transplant it when it goes dormant. I've had trouble transplanting trees into wet areas in the cold season though. You'd need to support it well.

I have some willows that really soak up the excess water. Eek suggested bald cypress to me once. That would be really good in a swampy location and the flare of the trunk can get pretty interesting near standing water.

Kettlehead in my backyard is right off exit 19 on 93 and you can scoot back on at exit 20 in tilton. Just throwin another one out there. https://kettleheadbrewing.com

I planted mine in early June of 2017. Then and 3 years later.

I have like 25-30 bees at any one time on my bee balm patch right now.

I’m tempted to purchase one of these. Flowering most of the summer with varying shades of different colors as they age...supposedly independent of any soil acidity amendments. https://www.wilsonbrosgardens.com/everlasting-revolution-hydrangea-3-gal.html

#blamephin

I think I had 63.3". I'll have to tally it up later. I've been lazy with my climo data averages this year. I have 61.1" in Kevinma's snow table, but I don't think I put the 2.2" from May in there.

Well I average similar and had 33".

Well I was looking at it differently...near even chances of snow without the bone chilling cold. Probably less of a likelihood of losing out versus locations to my south as well.

I think I’d rather take my chances with +1 up here.

They should’ve just filmed at Mark Motors.

There must be plenty of oaks without leaves in Tolland and Moosup.