[Sust-mar] October 10 tree-planting day

Jen Stotland velveteyeball at gmail.com
Tue Sep 14 17:23:35 EDT 2010


> Reduce your food miles, fix carbon and increase your food security with a
> fruit or nut tree!
> Transition Halifax, in colaboration with the Coalition for Climate Action
> and 350.org is taking orders for fruit and nut bearing trees for your
> yard, see the attached order form. You pay cost for the tree and part of the
> cost of renting a trailer. We will deliver to a central location in Halifax
> and help plant if you life in the Peninsular area.
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> If you have a truck or a vehicle with a hitch we could really use your
> help, even a trailer would be more energy-efficient than a U-haul. Also, if
> you are interested in seeing a more food-secure Halifax we could really use
> your help with planting!
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> *Forward your pre-order to gardendoula at gmail.com. These trees are also
> being sold through our partner nurseries so order fast!
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> The measurement is the size they are now. Fruit trees will get about 30
feet high if not pruned. The nut trees will be truly enormous.


Charlie the Tree Guy
(902) 899-7889

$29 Liberty apple                 14
$29 Honeycrisp apple             2
pear                            1
$29 Apple Red Duchess                5
$24 Apple Prima                            8
$10 blueberry jersey             29
$10 goose berry                 8
$20 currant red                 17
$20 saskatoon berry             10
$30 (6-8') chinese chestnut          6
$? 2' butternut                 "hundreds"
$24 Butternut 6'                       6
Cherry Lapan                     6


Millbrook Nursery
(902) 895 0072

1.5 ' english walnut                  7
6' siberian peaches                  20
Highbush cranberries
3' choke cherry                  7
wild raisin
currant red
currant white

Reserve your fruit or nut trees and we will help you plant them on October
10 as part of the Global Climate Change work party! Most trees are $25.
Reserve now as they are going fast.



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