At my grad school (University of Connecticut), they had crabapple trees in the grad dorm quad. The fruit would always drop to the ground and rot. They were never picked up and the quad courtyard would stink with the rotten fruits. The trees were all cut down. I was sorry that they were cut down, but the rotten fruit, the smell…..
The cottonwoods produce strings of little round beads that eventually open up and produce the “cotton” that gives them their name. We used to pick them and string them with a needle and thread to make necklaces when I was about eight years old.
A previous Cheyenne Civic Band director always ended their concerts with a John Phillip Sousa march. One night when those Wyoming State Trees were in full bloom, he announced that it was only a coincidence that the selected piece was “King Cotton.”
You want to avoid ever parking under evergreens, though – pine tree sap doesn’t wash off – only hard solvents (like toluene) will cut it. And dissolve your paint while it’s at it.
Ah, Spring – when pine tree pollen lies in drifts all over the place!
Templo S.U.D. almost 6 years ago
Maybe, Phil, you shouldn’t park the car (or your squad motorcycle) so close to the cottonwoods to prevent getting their sticky stuff thereon.
Yakety Sax almost 6 years ago
Don’t park under a mimosa either.
KenTheCoffinDweller almost 6 years ago
Cottonwoods don’t drip sap. They are the ones that send Santa Clauses all over the neighborhood and turn the lawns white like it snowed.
shushin almost 6 years ago
I was waiting for the the coughing, sneezing and runny eyes form the cottonwoods. Then comes the fuzzy coating on every thing
Lablubber almost 6 years ago
Phil just doesn’t cotton to the woods.
Great Wizard Nala almost 6 years ago
I make sure not to park under a power or telephone line. I love birds singing, BUT!!
Nuclear Nemesis almost 6 years ago
Around here we have hedge apples (actually, they are the fruit of the Osage orange). Definitely can ding the car when they fall.
sjsczurek almost 6 years ago
At my grad school (University of Connecticut), they had crabapple trees in the grad dorm quad. The fruit would always drop to the ground and rot. They were never picked up and the quad courtyard would stink with the rotten fruits. The trees were all cut down. I was sorry that they were cut down, but the rotten fruit, the smell…..
sbwertz almost 6 years ago
The cottonwoods produce strings of little round beads that eventually open up and produce the “cotton” that gives them their name. We used to pick them and string them with a needle and thread to make necklaces when I was about eight years old.
gcarlson almost 6 years ago
A previous Cheyenne Civic Band director always ended their concerts with a John Phillip Sousa march. One night when those Wyoming State Trees were in full bloom, he announced that it was only a coincidence that the selected piece was “King Cotton.”
john_chubb almost 6 years ago
Cottonwoods don’t drop sap.
You want to avoid ever parking under evergreens, though – pine tree sap doesn’t wash off – only hard solvents (like toluene) will cut it. And dissolve your paint while it’s at it.
Ah, Spring – when pine tree pollen lies in drifts all over the place!
john_chubb almost 6 years ago
And don’t ever call dandelions “weeds”, either! They are a lovely plant with a million uses – medicinal and edible as well as lovely to look at.
No One in Particular over 2 years ago
Why does it seem like Val’s always blushing?
Harumph about 1 month ago
Forget-me-nots are nasty.