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Re: [GWL]: Lifespan of city trees

>RE: "The Sad State of City Trees" in the March/April, 1992 issue of 
>American Forests magazine. They have compiled statistics for average 
>inner city and residential tree life for 20 American cities.

>Worst case scenarios show a life span of 6 years for inner city trees in
>both Chicago and Indianapolis. The best was 20 years for Houston and Los
>Angeles.
>Mike Allen,
>Winnipeg, Manitoba


I used to hesitate recommending worm bins for vermicomposting kitchen 
wastes in inner city apartments because I couldn't think of how 
people  with no room for gardens would make use of the vermicompost. 
Ruth Messigner, former president of the burrough of Manhattan 
alleviated my concerns when she said. "The urban forest can make use 
of every bit of vermicompost city dwellers' worm bins can produce. 
Considering the kind of abuse city trees receive, and the kinds of 
materials which are dumped around their bases, any tree could benefit 
if people would dump their worm bins around the base. As policy 
makers we would never prohibit it, and the trees would be better off."

A healthy movement encouraging vermicomposting of kitchen wastes 
exists in New York City, powered by the Compost Project sponsored by 
the NY Department of Sanitation, and carried on by the enthusiastic 
Master Composter programs of the Staten Island, Brooklyn, Queens, and 
New York botanical gardens. They have even produced a brochure on 
adopting trees of the urban forest, with classes on tree care, 
pruning, and applying compost.

Long live city trees fed by vermicompost!

Mary Appelhof




-- 
Mary Appelhof, Author of "Worms Eat My Garbage"
Flowerfield Enterprises
10332 Shaver Road
Kalamazoo, Michigan 49024 USA
PH:616-327-0108  FAX 616-327-7009
http://www.wormwoman.com/acatalog/wormwoman.html

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