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Put down some roots!
2006 Tree Planting Services
Reforestation Assistance
Service - Seedlings
This service provides
assistance to land -owners
who are reforesting
marginal lands or
planting field
windbreaks. Our staff
will assist you in
choosing appropriate
species and creating
a planting plan.
Plant your own
seedlings or
have us do the
planting for
you.
Roadside and Windbreak
Tree Service
This service offers larger
trees for planting along
roadsides and in
windbreaks. A variety
of tree species are
available from the
MVCA based on a
50 tree minimum
order. Call us at
(519)335-3557
for information
about the
application
deadlines for
these services
Maitland Valley
AAConservation Authority
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for information and
application forms.
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Cylinder repairs - Hydraulic Hose Assemblies
Castrol Oils - Baldwin Heavy Duty Filters
Livestock Equipment - Wagons - Trailers
Complete with
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features
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Pressure Washers Sales & Service - Generators
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CONTACT ABRAHAM BAUMAN 1 (519) 923-9772
AFTER HOURS SERVICE 1 (888) 251-5828
199 190 2nd Line N.E., R.R. #3 Dundalk, Ont. N0C 1B0
28 THE RURAL VOICE
In 1945 Dad and Mother moved to
the second concession of Morris to
the farm that became our family
home. The bush had been logged
about 15 years earlier so it was
almost a decade before Dad and I
culled the larger trees. The logs were
skidded out along a trail and piled
neatly at the edge of the bush. The
pile was sold in the spring and
provided enough cash to buy a new
car. One area of the bush had been
clear-cut many years earlier and had
not regrown so the next spring Dad
and I reforested this plot with pine
and spruce seedlings. Today, a half
century later, there is a stand of tall
mature evergreens ready to be
harvested.
Dad had a special interest in
other trees around the farm.
Along one line fence we had
a majestic elm. These trees were
easily recognizable by their umbrella
shape. One of our friends from
Toronto sketched this elm tree almost
every year when she visited. Today
elm trees are fairly rare because of
the infestation of the European bark
beetle or Dutch Elm disease.
At our gateway we had a huge
willow tree. This tree canopied over
the laneway and was an impressive
entrance to our farm. One August
when we were expecting the
threshing machine to arrive at our
place the next morning, Granddad cut
down the branch overhanging the
lane because he thought it was too
low for the machine to pass under.
This had not been discussed with
either Dad or Mother who were not
home at the time. Dad was away
threshing at the neighbour's and
mother was in town buying groceries
to prepare for feeding the threshing
gang the next day. Needless to say
Granddad was in the doghouse for
several days.
Along the back lane we had a
huge beech tree. Every year the tree
was loaded with beechnuts. One day
in September Dad would come to the
house from a day of plowing near the
back of the farm and announce that
the beechnuts were ready to harvest.
So, after chores were done we would
walk back the lane to gather up some
beechnuts before the squirrels got all
of them. Dad used to say if the tree
was loaded with nuts and the
squirrels collected them off the tree
before they fell it was going to be a