The Delaware Soil & Water Conservation District is now taking orders for the annual Tree & Wildlife Products Sale.  To place an order, simply fill out the order form found in the newsletter, and return it, with payment to the SWCD office.  There is a limited stock on all items, so orders will be processed on a first-come, first-served basis.  Order early to avoid being closed out of items you desire.  Seedlings, seeds and wildlife products will be available for pick up at our office April 6-9, 2010.  The office will be open from 8:00-6:00 these days.  The seedlings we offer are high quality, bare root nursery stock.  With reasonable care, a fine planting can be developed.  However, due to numerous handling conditions and planting variables beyond our control, the Delaware SWCD cannot be responsible for plants in your care or picked up after the assigned dates.

ABOUT OUR SEEDLINGS

Seedlings are young trees or shrubs that are planted from seed.  They are grown 1-4 years in beds, and then dug.  There is usually a variation in size because they are "bed-run" or include all trees that were growing in that bed at the time of digging.  Most trees sold in our program are dug in the late Winter or early Spring depending on soil and digging conditions.  If trees were dug from frozen soil, there would be no fine roots.  Our trees usually arrive in early April, but because of varying weather conditions, it's possible that some may be delayed.  If this ends up affecting your order, bear with us.  We will do our best to get your trees to you as soon as weather allows.

For more information, and to view color pictures of trees we are offering for sale, please see the Ohio Division of Forestry's Ohio Trees Index.