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Trees for wildlife
The presence of wildlife can make a backyard or woodlot a special place for your family.
As urban and suburban development displaces many birds and animals from their natural habitat, it becomes increasingly important for landowners to provide mini-sanctuaries for wild birds and other wildlife.
You can help provide habitat that will attract birds and wildlife to your home.
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Provide cover: Birds and small animals need concealed places for nesting and hiding, protected from the eyes of predators.
In a backyard setting, such places can be provided by planting conifers (evergreens), preferably in a group.
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Provide food: Evergreen trees, such as pines, firs, hemlocks, and spruces, with high food value (seeds) will increase your pleasure from viewing wildlife.
Provide water: All birds and animals need a dependable source of water close by such as a small pool or birdbath in a protected place or even a dripping tap.
The value of mulch: A young tree's best friend, mulch insulates soil, retains moisture, keeps out weeds, prevents soil compaction, reduces lawn mower damage, and adds an aesthetic touch to a yard or street.
Remove any grass within a 3-foot area and pour organic mulch such as wood chips or bark pieces 2 to 4 inches deep within the circle.
Keep the mulch from touching the trunk of the tree.
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Chester County Evergreen Trees
Chester County Trees is an evergreen tree farm offering a popular variety of evergreen trees to local homeowners, tree landscapers and tree nurseries.
All of our evergreen trees are Chester County grown evergreens as seedling or transplant evergreens and are known to grow well in the Chester County, Pennsylvania area.
We are currently growing austrian pine, black hills spruce, colorado blue spruce, douglas fir, fraser fir (or balsam fir), norway spruce, white pine, and white spruce and available for digging in about 2009. Reservations and prior inquiries are recommended!
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Trees help conserve our energy and reduce soil erosion!
Trees clean our air and help protect our rivers and streams!
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Trees shade and cool our homes, bring songbirds close by, and mark the changing seasons.
Kids can climb trees or build a tree house in their branches.
For all of us, trees are a source of lumber, food, and countless products, and trees beautify our communities and countryside.
But equally important, trees conserve energy, reduce soil erosion, clean the air we breathe, and help protect rivers and streams.
If trees are to provide all these benefits, we need to care for the trees we have and plant more.
Planting and caring for trees is something each of us can do to improve our community and the environment.
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Plant more trees where you live
It's your life and future!
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How to save energy with trees
Carefully placed trees can provide cooling summer shade, protect your home from chilling winter winds, and maximize energy gains from winter sunlight -- cutting annual home energy use by as much as 15 to 35 percent.
Slowing the wind: For an average frame house, air infiltration from wind can cause about 1/3 of the winter heat loss.
Heat loss can be significantly reduced by planting a windbreak in the direction from which prevailing winds blow.
Plant evergreen trees close together to create a complete wall against the wind.
Keeping it cool: Plant trees or shrubs to shade air conditioning compressor units -- it can increase cooling efficiency as much as 10%.
Working with the sun: Deciduous (broadleaf) trees are nature's energy savers. They shade and cool homes in summer.
When their leaves fall in the winter, warming sunlight streams through.
Best results generally come from trees planted to the east and west of the house, rather than to the south.
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The trees we plant, benefit the whole world.
They soon stretch up toward the sun giving shelter, shade, comfort, joy, beauty, and relief from the concrete jungle.
They trap dust, diminish smog, and reduce traffic noise.
They produce oxygen and moderate the temperature. They provide a home for wildlife.
And by removing carbon dioxide from the air, trees help fight the greenhouse effect and the resulting drought and heat waves -- that is for real!
Add privacy and character to your home with a variety of Chester County grown evergreen trees!
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How to plant your trees: Correct planting procedures will help each tree, shrub or other plant grow to become healthy and vigorous, able to live to the limits of its natural life.
Planting evergreen trees: Evergreens are planted in the same manner as deciduous trees, and do not need pruning at planting.
Partial shade is recommended for the first year.
Give them plenty of water and promote growth by cultivating the soil during the first few years.
A desired shape can be kept by pinching off new growth in the spring, cutting just ahead of a point where there is a dominant bud.
When you plant in the fall: After fall plantings, completely soak the ground around the tree once each week until the ground is frozen solid.
Also, water during winter warm spells if the ground is dry and not frozen.
Before freezing time, cover the soil around the base of the tree with an extra 4-inch layer of insulating mulch.
Remove this extra mulch in the spring after the ground thaws.
Planting bare-root trees: It is best to plant bare-root trees immediately, in order to keep the fragile roots from drying out.
If you can not plant because of weather or soil conditions, store the trees in a cool place and keep the roots moist.
Planting a lot of tree seedlings: When planting a large number of small seedlings, the same basic principles apply as in planting bare-root trees.
However, use of a planting bar can help speed up the process.
Remember to keep roots from drying out before planting, water the trees generously, and use mulch.
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