Winter 2011 Newsletter
TLC UpdateCritters & Cruds
Tree of the Quarter
Tree Care Tips - Give Your Trees TLC
Dear Friends and Fellow Tree Lovers
All of us at Tree Loving Care want to wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. The Christmas light season has been fun. I hope that all of you that can, sill come by and see our animated light display in person. It is located just west of Wolfforth on US 62. You can sit in the comfort of your car, tune into our FM signal and watch the lights being directed by the music. We also have these videos posted at our website. Feel free to share the link with your friends. Also, please join us at the Miracles Parade down 34th St on December 10th. It starts about dark from near Coronado High School and goes to University Ave.
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TLC Update
James Tuttle taught a class in November to many arborists and pest control operators on Critters and Cruds of west Texas. One class was in Lubbock and then another the next day in Wichita Falls. It was rewarding to see the level of interest in learning to effectively identify and manage insect and disease problems that we have in this area of the state.
Colby Hurd, Certified Arborist, Butch Lathey, Certified Arborist and James Evans from Tree Loving Care attended.
Critters & Cruds
There is little insect or disease activity in the dormant season. Plants are dormant, therefore not much for the critters or cruds to feed on. It kinda makes sense. On the other hand, since there isn’t much feeding, the critters that are around, if they aren't hunkered down too tight, can be more easily killed, in many cases. Call us about keeping your local insect population under control well into the next season 806-785-8733.
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Tree of the Quarter
Since we are now in the Chihuanuan desert, it is only appropriate that the tree of the quarter be a tree from the heart of the desert. Texas Madrone, Arbutus xalapensis, is also known as Naked Indian, Lady's Leg and Naked Lady due to it's exfoliating bark. The outer bark sloughs exposing the very smooth bark underneath that ranges in color from shades of red to orange to white.
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Tree Care Tips - Give Your Trees TLC
The entire region is still in a severe drought. We have had about 1/3 our average moisture, which should easily break the all time lowest rainfall total for a calendar year after getting less than 3" for the last half of last year. All of this means desert. The northeastern line of the Chihuahuan Desert has moved and we are in it.
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