The Growing Tree

Est. 1994 by Normand & Christine Helie | Promoting Conservation Landscaping & Tree Preservation | European Elm Bark Beetle & Dutch Elm Disease Research

[The Growing Tree @Normsoilscience]

@EmNecklaceBos We’re glad to be involved in the work @EmNecklaceBos is doing as they care for these Heritage Trees. We look forward learning more about these amazing beech #trees and the #soil in which they grow!

[The Growing Tree @Normsoilscience]

Check out my latest article: The Mineral-Microbe Theory of Tree Decline https://t.co/VaXf8DeuuD via @LinkedIn

[Emerald Necklace Conservancy @EmNecklaceBos]

Our March #TreeOfTheMonth is a young white pine overlooking Jamaica Pond. Pinebank, and the historic estate that once occupied the site, was named for the dense pine tree stands that once grew on this hillside.

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[The Growing Tree @Normsoilscience]

@EmNecklaceBos This is awesome.💚🌲 What a sweet little white pine. It already has a lot of character. Thank you to everyone that cleared the area of invasive vines.

[Nicole Shanahan @NicoleShanahan]

Healthy soil is a great business. When people claim the country can’t feed itself and build a thriving farming economy without poisoning the soil, they’re either deeply misinformed or part of the problem. Doesn’t take long to realize the entrepreneurial opportunity before us—the greatest American comeback lies in restoring the lifespan and vitality of agricultural soil. Learn how from the pioneers at Mad Ag.

[TaraBull @TaraBull]

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[Science girl @sciencegirl]

Facts about Opossums
https://t.co/T2CglfB5uX

[The Growing Tree @Normsoilscience]

Samaritan’s Purse Starts Five-Site Response to Hurricane Helene https://t.co/Ol5I98Z1l1 via @SamaritansPurse

[@Chicago1Ray 🇺🇸 @Chicago1Ray]

My wife's cousin has two of the four flatbeds he's going to Asheville, this week loaded with pallets of water

If you have a truck, don't wait on FEMA.. go to your local Walmart, ask them to donate items such as diapers blankets, etc

Cut through the red tape, all hands on deck

[Emerald Necklace Conservancy @EmNecklaceBos]

The Emerald Necklace Conservancy mourns the passing of Henry Lee, a trailblazing greenspace advocate, founder of the Friends of the Public Garden (@FOPG) and a true Boston hero.

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[Friends of the Public Garden @FOPG]

We are deeply saddened to announce the passing of Henry Lee, Founder and President Emeritus of Friends of the Public Garden, principal guardian and defender of our three parks. Read a message to our community here: https://t.co/dkX29KB6GR

[🇺🇸ProudArmyBrat @leslibless]

This is better than any Olympics! 😁

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

The story of the three border collies that were trained to run like the wind to bring new life to Chilean forest devastated by wildfires, wearing backpacks releasing native plant seeds.

One of the worst wildfire season in Chile's history ravaged more than 1.4 million acres early in 2017, destroying nearly 1,500 homes and killing at least 11 people. More than a dozen countries sent fire-fighting specialists to help battle the dozens of destructive blazes. When the fires were finally extinguished, the landscape was a charred wasteland.

A few months later, a unique team was brought in to help restore the damaged ecosystem. They have four legs and a penchant for careening at high speeds through the forest.

Border collies Das, Summer and Olivia were outfitted with special backpacks brimming with seeds. Then they were sent on a mission, let loose to race through the ruined forests. As they bounded and darted, their packs streamed a trickle of seeds. The hope was that these seeds would take root and sprout, bringing the forest slowly back to life one tree at a time.

Their owner, Francisca Torres started the project with the dogs in March 2017, returning regularly to the forest over the next six months.

The border collies covered as many as 18 miles in a day and distributed more than 20 pounds of seeds. Their hard work paid off.

[James Melville 🚜 @JamesMelville]

Covering parking lots with solar panels is a hell of a lot more sensible than plastering them over prime agricultural land.

[Wide Awake Media @wideawake_media]

Real environmental activists do stuff like this, not block roads and throw orange paint at things.

Agree or disagree?

[Niall Harbison @NiallHarbison]

Every single day we feed 800 street dogs…

👩‍🍳 Cooked in central kitchen

🛻 Delivered to volunteers around the island

🥘 Recipe features rice, chicken, veggies and coconut oil

🐕 250,000 meals per year for the street dogs

Safe to say the dogs love it 🥰🙏

[James Melville 🚜 @JamesMelville]

“Looking at life from a different perspective makes you realise that it’s not the deer that is crossing the road, rather it’s the road that is crossing the forest.”

[Eric Fisher @ericfisher]

After the rain...a carpet of blossoms in the Public Garden this morning

Via @FOPG

[Niall Harbison @NiallHarbison]

When I found Hope she was totally broken as a dog. I called her Hope because she had none but I hoped one day she would.

It’s hard to believe it’s the same dog today. Look at her go 🥰🙏