“… a mature, healthy tree can have 200,000 leaves. During 60 years of life, such a tree would grow and shed 3,600 pounds of leaves, returning about 70% of their nutrients to the soil.” Wisconsin County Forests webpage Think about how many millions of leaves will be gathered here at Winterthur and in the [...]
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- Primroses and peonies for Mothers Day. 3 days ago
- Azaleas are moving along quickly and rhododendrons are looking beautiful. 2 weeks ago
- Azaleas and more azaleas! Rhododendrons coming into flower too. 3 weeks ago
- Bluebells and daffodils! 1 month ago
- Winter hazel, magnolias, Korean azalea, and anemone all coming into flower. 2 months ago
Winterthur Weather Data- Current data summary at 2012/5/16 May 16, 2012Time of Observations: 2012/05/16 09:20:00 EDT Gage Precipitation (60): 0 in Air Temperature: 68.9 deg. F Dew Point Temperature: 67.1 deg. F Wind Speed: 2 mph Wind Direction: 227.3 deg. (SW) Barometric Pressure: 29.97 inHg Solar Radiation: 337 W.m-2 Wind Gust Speed (5): 3.3 mph at 9:18 Gage Precipitation (5): 0 in Relative humidity: 94 %
- Current data summary at 2012/5/16 May 16, 2012
