Greening Up! (Finally)

For weeks people have been saying "The trees will green up next week, after that storm (or rain or warm spell)."   

Looks like it finally came.  

Even the Tamarack tree has grown back her needles.

Enjoy!

~ Robin

The Shedding Tree

There is a tree at the park that has started shedding.  The needles have colored like the other trees and are thinning.  Don't worry, it isn't dying.    This a Tamarack tree, the one conifer in Minnesota that sheds her needles every winter.

Enjoy!

~ Robin 

Tamarack

The Tamarack tree near the creek is greening.  Ojibwe sometimes use this tree to make 'Swamp tea'.  I tasted it once, it wasn't too bad.

Enjoy and Happy Mother's Day!

~ Robin