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— by Beth Erwin
This Thursday, October 22, is our last of our three Fall NPSOT-Wilco Plant Sale days. We will be on 8th Street in downtown Georgetown, across from the Georgetown Library and Red Poppy Café from 10-2, in the Georgetown Farmers Market.
Our first two sales were very successful, but I have to admit I am disappointed. You see, it is the best time of the year to plant trees. And we have a wonderful selection of healthy native trees, grown right here in Central Texas. And nobody is buying them. So we are going to put them on sale. Trees in 3/5-gallon pots that were priced at $30 will be $22 Thursday.
Folks, we need to be planting native trees. Now some of you will say, “I won’t live long enough to see it grown.” Don’t worry about that!
Recent studies reveal that we have lost nearly 3 billion birds since 1970. We planted two trees in our grandchildren’s backyard this past year. Within 5 days, a pair of cardinals had built a nest in one and laid three eggs. Birds need trees. Insects and other critters need trees. Humans need trees. Trees take in the carbon dioxide we produce in abundance and give us back oxygen. They reduce the greenhouse effect. They clean pollutants out of the air. Their roots help clean the water percolating through the soil as it works its way to our aquifers. They act as sound baffles. They hide us from the neighbors. They give us shade from the merciless Texas sun.
Has oak wilt killed your live oak trees? Are you weary of ornamental pear trees that smell like a wet dog or worse when in flower, split apart in a strong wind, and ruin your landscape plants with leaves that never decay? Tired of crepe myrtles that are virtually useless to wildlife?
Come see us Thursday or contact us at the link shown below. All our plants are hard-working native Texas plants. They are the plants you should have in your plot of ground, here in the heart of Texas.
- Read details about the Oct 22 sale and see our plant list at this link.
- Reach me (Beth Erwin) with any questions or requests using the contact form at this link.
- See you at the sale!
- Beth Erwin
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