Thanks to all that have coming out over the last few weeks for cleaning up the Rt. 50 shoulder and removing invasives from the trees. In late February we made good progress clearing out the invasive bush honeysuckle on the NE corner of Manchester and Rt. 50. Plus, dragged out a good pile of trash […]
Thanks to all that came out for our Veteran’s day maintenance of the trees we planted on the Arlington Boulevard/Rt. 50 shoulder! While we were out, we re-staked the trees, did some weeding, and replaced some of the trees that have not made it. What a difference three years make! The largest eastern cedars we […]
The trees we planted on the Rt. 50 Shoulder are growing in nicely. It is a good mix of the smallest ones we purchased from Earth Sangha, slightly larger ones we received free through the Arlington County tree give away in conjunction with Tree Stewards, and the one largest ones we purchased from Great Outdoors […]
Sorry all, I was a bit slow to appreciate how accommodating the weather would be this weekend. Too early to do serious yard work around the house at my end, so I thought 10-12 AM might work for some without other plans to do some preliminary invasive clearing off trees on the Rt 50 shoulder […]
Rt. 50 Shoulder Restoration and Beautification Project Taking Shape!! Thanks to the efforts of our hardy volunteers, we planted some 29 native species saplings last Saturday on the Rt. 50 shoulder. The cedar, sumac, holly, and redbuds should do well in the shoulder and overshadow the stakes in a few years. A main problem in […]
All, Sorry for the last minute notice, but after many weeks of waiting for approval, BMCA received the VDOT permit to plant trees for our Rt. 50 Shoulder beautification project yesterday. We will have a tree planting event THIS SATURDAY starting at 10 AM, gathering at in the grassy section of the shoulder at the […]
We have been working on getting the Rt. 50 shoulder beautification and restoration project organized for many months and finally may get it off the ground. We hope to organize a planting party in November or early December assuming the weather is accommodating. A few people have asked for an overview, so I put together […]