I recently asked a few readers, garden friends and tree experts a question: “What is your favorite tree in winter?” It’s not easy to pick just one, anymore than most of us would be willing to name a favorite child. I invite you to think about the question, and perhaps, come spring, you will want to plant one if you haven’t already.
Pamela Kirkpatrick, of Swansea, Massachusetts, sent this: I love the winter landscape, and, next to my family, trees are my greatest love. American holly, which comes into its own in winter both for its gleanings and the way it reflects light. Beech of any kind, for showing off its muscular trunk when not in leaf. White pine, troublesome as it is with its brittle limbs, because it is home to an owl who returns there every winter and serenades us with his call.
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Join Purdue Extension Educators for a live virtual series of programs in early 2021 that will address common topics in gardening.
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Check out this story on FarmersAdvance.com: https://www.farmersadvance.com/story/news/2021/01/21/get-growing-purdue-extension/6663195002/
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Community Calendar for week of Dec. 23
Local restaurant and grocery offering holiday specials
Abe Martin Lodge and Brown County IGA have partnered to offer meal pickups on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
Christmas Eve carry out is available at the Little Gem Restaurant from 11 a.m. to 6 pm. on Thursday, Dec. 24. Customers can also preorder and pay for delivery at noon or 5 p.m. at the IGA, 30 Hawthorne Drive. The meal is $22 per person and includes Abe’s fried chicken, deviled eggs, honey brown sugar glazed ham, loaded mashed potatoes, broccoli cauliflower casserole, macaroni and cheese, rolls, sweet potato pie and a fire roasted peach crisp.