[NatureNS] Willow and Fir

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Dear All,

     I am preparing to have a large willow (Salix fragilis) cut so I 
measured circumference at breast height; 355 cm (=diameter 113 cm) ! I 
planted this tree as a cutting in 1967 and it has grown like the 
proverbial weed.

     On an unrelated matter, to add some winter ornament to the yard, I 
cut two small Fir trees each November, make a hole with a crowbar and 
shove them into the ground about two feet. The needles usually start to 
turn brown in late April and I remove them shortly after.

     This year, one Fir browned as expected and was pulled as soon as 
frost permitted. The second Fir is now starting to look a bit pale 
(est.<2% of needles brown) was by chance set in a patch of Sweet Cicely 
(Myrrhis odoratus not Osmorhiza sp.).

     I have enjoyed the immature seeds of this plant for many years but 
I now understand  that everything in season is edible; leaves, flowers, 
stem, seeds and root.

     I had better eat more of that plant.

Yt, DW, Kentville


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