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Dear All, I am preparing to have a large willow (Salix fragilis) cut so I measured circumference at breast height; 355 cm (=diameter 113 cm) ! I planted this tree as a cutting in 1967 and it has grown like the proverbial weed. On an unrelated matter, to add some winter ornament to the yard, I cut two small Fir trees each November, make a hole with a crowbar and shove them into the ground about two feet. The needles usually start to turn brown in late April and I remove them shortly after. This year, one Fir browned as expected and was pulled as soon as frost permitted. The second Fir is now starting to look a bit pale (est.<2% of needles brown) was by chance set in a patch of Sweet Cicely (Myrrhis odoratus not Osmorhiza sp.). I have enjoyed the immature seeds of this plant for many years but I now understand that everything in season is edible; leaves, flowers, stem, seeds and root. I had better eat more of that plant. Yt, DW, Kentville
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