2021 Meigs SWCD tree sale underway
Staff Report
POMEROY The 2021 Tree Sale is underway at the Meigs Soil and Water Conservation District, and what better way to welcome in 2021 and celebrate the end of 2020 than by planting some trees?
This year’s hardwood offerings include black cherry, black walnut, Northern red oak, white oak, and evergreens like bald cypress, eastern red cedar, eastern white pine, Loblolly pine and Virginia pine, packets of 25 seedlings for $20. Sugar maple is also available, 25 seedlings for $20.
The $12 Edibles Packet consists of 10 trees that produce edible fruit (also good for wildlife) two each of American elderberry, butternut, hazelnut, pawpaw, and persimmon, while the pollinator-friendly Honey Bee Packet consists of four each of American plum, black locust, eastern redbud, sourwood, and tulip (yellow) popular, 20 trees total for $20.