[Magdalen] Autumn Splendor.

[Jay Weigel]

Massanutten Mountain is a carpet of red, orange, and gold which I can see
from our driveway and even better once I get down onto U.S. 11. Our trees
have lost enough leaves that I can again see up the hill in back and
observe the activities of the various wildlife, which include deer and
foxes, as well as numerous squirrels and our neighborhood groundhogs. The
Rodent Patrol comes and goes.

On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 1:32 PM, Jon Egger <revegger at gmail.com> wrote:

> Trees are starting to turn colors here in West Missouri.  We eagerly await
> the first hard freeze, which will kill that awful ragweed and help
> thousands of folk who suffer with fall allergies.
>
> Grace and peace,
> brud
>
> On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 11:12 AM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
>
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> >
> > In a message dated 10/26/2015 11:46:38 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> > charles.wohlers at verizon.net writes:
> >
> > Young
> > beeches especially tend to keep their leaves all winter, but it's a very
> > dead looking brown and not (IMHO) particularly  attractive.>>>>>>>
> >
> > When I lived in West Central Wisconsin I had a neighbor who was
> > from Pennsylvania originally, and had brought back and successfully
> > raised a now 30' American Beech from that State.
> >
> > American Beech comes into extreme Eastern Wisconsin only, and so
> > I decided to go there to get one.  There is a good state highway  (29)
> > that runs across the State, and is quite picturesque.  The drive  took
> > about 3-4 hours until I spotted a grove of beeches right along the
> > road.
> >
> > Spade in hand, I attempted several saplings to no avail because they
> > all had prominent "sucker" roots which I did not want to cut.
> >
> > Finally though, I got two nice saplings about 2' in height, and had  just
> > finished loading them in my trunk when a shot rang out and struck a
> > tree nearby.  It seems that despite my being in highway  department
> > land, some landowner was taking exception to my digging (It was not
> > hunting season).
> >
> > Never have I peeled away from roadside that fast before or since.
> >
> > In any case both seedlings took, and last time I checked were in the
> > 20' stage.
> >
> >
> >
> > David Strang.
> >
> >
> > David Strang.
> >
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