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30 THE RURAL VOICE
Gardening
Trees for the
millennium
By Rhea Hamilton -Seeger
Last month we were challenged to
plan a millennium project to mark the
simple pleasure of turning another
century older. The project marks the
end of one time period and the
beginning of another. We are caught
up in a wave of nostalgia for a more
romantic time, a time without the
bustle of technology.
Look around you at the gardens
and farms that mark our rural
landscape. What stands out the
most? The forests, whether the lack
of or the imposing shadowy presence
of a woodlot or forest.
Trees should be the plant for this
century. We cannot grow enough of
them. But in our rush to plant trees
we should be careful in our choices.
You have to consider varieties that
will both survive and integrate into
their environment. We know that
introduction of foreign species that
offer faster more robust growth may
cost us a native species which cannot
compete against the aggressive
newcomer. Competition and survival
of the fittest does not apply when it
may threaten a whole ecosystem;
insects, amphibians and birds forced
to adapt or die. It is an intricate web
of life we tangle with when we
introduce new species to an area.
We live in a unique area of
Ontario where a number of zones
challenge gardeners to choose
wisely. The first zone is the
Carolinian which runs from along the
north shore of Lake Erie and the west
end of Lake Ontario and comes as far
north as Grand Bend and Kitchener.
There are of course those delightful
pockets where due to the rolling lay
of the land or the moderating effect
of large bodies of water, Carolinian
species can be found further north.
One such pocket is the Morris Tract
along the Maitland River north of
Goderich.
Species to look for in this zone