by Carolyn Henderson
Happy Earth Day! Plant something native to our area in honor of it.
Last year a small group of us planted three Bur Oaks in Cameron parks in honor of the day. Two of them survived and are now thriving.
The photo is from the one at Orchard Park. We replaced a tree that went down in the freeze of 2023 there. The other surviving tree is at Wilson Ledbetter Park. It needs a little help being upright because of a major hit by that big storm we had right after we planted them, but it is already growing new ones to make up for it.
I watered the Orchard Park tree and Liz Lewis watered the Wilson Ledbetter Park tree. Liz went to see her tree at least three times a week, and she is still working on it. I have left mine to fend for itself. Watering a Bur Oak for its first year is enough for it to establish itself, it seems. Hint: they are both planted close to bodies of water.
Nature Along the El Camino Real 