Just a bunch of cowboy stories.
For 10,000 years, plants insects and animals here in the Hudson Valley region evolved together. They had an intricate interdependence. A few hundred years ago the first invaders, (Europeans) introduced new plants from other areas of the world, either purposely or as stowaway’s on ships. Indigenous insects, caterpillars and other wildlife did not evolve with Read more…
In our last post, I mentioned that we pulled out over 7 tons of Poison Ivy in the 2015 season. That’s not including all the other invasives that we took out. What does 7 tons of PI look like? And what did we do with it all? First, let’s see what 7 tons gets you. Read more…
We haven’t had much of a winter till recently with this cold snap. Snow? Our driveway wasn’t plowed once all winter, and March is right around the corner. What does that mean for the spring and summer growing season? Will tiny red Poison Ivy sprouts start popping up early? Will that extra couple of weeks Read more…
There is still time to protect your ornamental garden plants and flowers from the cold winter and prepare them for the spring growing season. Our client in High Falls, NY had us deliver premium commercially baked black compost and spread it out on their garden beds. We then covered it all with 3-4” of locally Read more…
We thought we’d go exploring the upper Rondout Creek and found the Sandburg Creek, where it unites with the Rondout out past Joseph Y. Resnick Airport in Ellenville, NY. We explored the wetlands of the Sandburg off Rte 209 and Mountain Rd around the hamlet of Spring Glen. There are some nice sections of the Sandburg, Read more…
Autumn is the perfect time to save your trees from winter’s snow and ice, which can weigh down the branches and break them off. PI Patrol was called in for an invasive species removal project in Kingston, NY. The health of these beautiful old pine trees were being steadily degraded by Bittersweet, Poison Ivy and Read more…