Slog - Comments on Free Trees http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/free_trees Is your neighborhood a barren concrete wasteland? (I'm talking to you, Georgetown.) Well, the Department of Neighborhoods is accepting applications for FREE TREES through their "Tree Fund" program. In exchange for free trees to be delivered by the City this fall, groups of neighbors attend a City sponsored training session and then organize their neighbors to plant the trees. Seattle’s tree cover has shrunk from 40 percent of the city’s land area in 1972 to just 18 percent today, a decline that threatens nature’s ability to help manage storm water, reduce erosion, absorb climate-disrupting gases and clean the air. Groups... Copyright 2008 Fri, 17 Aug 2007 13:01:28 -0800 Fri, 17 Aug 2007 21:21:48 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Tree Lover I looked at their website, it says apps are due August 24th. Gonna get me some trees!

]]> Tree Lover http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/free_trees#c785512 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/free_trees#c785512 City Fri, 17 Aug 2007 13:14:50 -0800 Comment by maxsolomon ain't no more room in my yard.

anyone want a 50 year old blue spruce that's been tortured into dr. seuss shapes?

]]> maxsolomon http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/free_trees#c785567 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/free_trees#c785567 City Fri, 17 Aug 2007 14:17:11 -0800 Comment by Randy Yes, do plant trees, but remember that you have to water them during the summer for the first couple of years or they'll just up and, like, die on you.

]]> Randy http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/free_trees#c785654 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/free_trees#c785654 City Fri, 17 Aug 2007 16:14:10 -0800 Comment by Gitai I feel pretty lucky. I have three trees on my property and two more I share with my neighbors. The latter two are fucking huge, old things and I love them.

]]> Gitai http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/free_trees#c785771 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/free_trees#c785771 City Fri, 17 Aug 2007 21:21:48 -0800