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The fate of thousands of trees is in your
hands. There are literally thousands of trees in parks and on boulevards
and in private yards that will die if they do not get lots of water
SOON. Go outside right now and look up and down your block. Are there
any trees that were planted less than two years ago? If so, go put
some water on them. These young trees do not have the deep root system to
reach deep enough to find water. Only you can help.
Ideally, one should let the hose trickle water onto
the roots for a few hours. Ideally, they should be watered in the cool of the
late evening or early morning. Forget the ideal. Put any water on them
anyway you can any time you can.
At stake is thousands of dollars of investment by
the Park Board Forestry Dept. The Park Board has pulled most of their grass
mowing crews to help with the watering, but they just can't get to all of
them. IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING MEANINGFUL TO DO TODAY, JOIN ME AT
EAST PHILLIPS PARK WHERE I'LL BE WATERING THE TREES FOR MOST OF THE
DAY.
Don't rely on the forecasted rain for later in the
week. First, it will be too late and second, we don't know for sure it will
come and third, if it does come it probably won't be enough.
Thanks a bunch!
Dean Zimmermann Minneapolis City Council Member/Ward 6 612-673-2206, Office 612-724-3888, Home [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace/Shalom/Salaam |
