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Take home your own Western red cedar Learn about seed saving in Seaside Lower Nehalem Community Trust holds Arbor Day Stewardship event April 8 at Alder Creek Farm Esther Moberg to speak, kick off library’s seed exchange SEASIDE — Learn the ins and outs of seed saving with former master gardener and library director Esther Moberg at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 4 at the Seaside Pub- lic Library. The event will take place in the Community Room and will be the kick- off for the library’s new seed exchange program. If you want to save your garden seeds or learn more about heirloom seeds, then this seed collecting event is just the place to start. The library is beginning a seed collection and exchange pro- gram that will allow folks in the area to have access to a wide variety of saved seeds. Bring some of your seeds in, take some of other seeds out. Moberg will talk about the different types of seeds, best practices for harvesting, and the right way to store your seeds. She will also NEHALEM — Arbor Day is a national holiday where people are encouraged to plant and care for trees. In support of Arbor Day, this year Ecologic Tree LLC in conjunction with the Lower Nehalem Commu- nity Trust is offering low-cost Western red cedar seedlings for you to plant. Seedlings can be pre-or- dered at a cost of $3 per tree or four trees for $10. To order your trees, email David Sip at davidsip349@gmail.com. Pre-ordered plants may be picked up at Alder Creek Farm on Monday, April 6 from 10 a.m. to noon. In addition, all volun- teers at LNCT’s Stewardship Wednesday event on Wednes- day, April 8 will also receive one free tree per person. Email LNCT Stewardship Coordina- tor Max Broderick at max@ nehalemtrust.org to sign up for stewardship volunteer ac- tivities. Further information on the Lower Nehalem Community Trust and stewardship activi- Seed saving 1 p.m. Saturday, April 4 Seaside Public Library 1131 Broadway, Seaside 503-738-6742 Photo by Alex Pajunas Free Former master gardener and Seaside Public Library Director Esther Moberg will speak about seed saving and the library’s new seed exchange program April 4. present a brief overview of how the seed exchange pro- gram will work. Additional- ly, attendees will get to make a newspaper peat pot and re- ceive free garden seeds. Along with being the di- rector of the Seaside Public Library, Moberg is a former master gardener in Clatsop County (currently inactive) as well as a former master gardener in Hennepin Coun- ty, Minnesota. The Seaside Public Li- brary is located at 1131 Broadway. For more infor- mation call 503-738-6742 or visit www.seasidelibrary.org ! Vo i K au he a The Real Lewis and Clark Story! or how the Finns discovered Astoria! 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Review your trees for dead or broken branches, presence of decay, or other potential threats to your trees’ health. <RXU ORFDO ,6$ &HUWL¿HG $U- borists are also available to assist with your tree health assessment. If you have re- moved any trees from your property in recent history, con- sider replanting to replace the lost resource. Planting trees provide nu- PHURXV EHQH¿WV WR WKH SODQHW Trees absorb carbon diox- ide and help combat climate change by storing carbon while releasing oxygen back Submitted photo into the atmosphere. In one In support of Arbor Day, Ecologic Tree LLC year, an acre of mature trees and the Lower Nehalem Community Trust absorb the amount of CO2 is offering low-cost Western red cedar created by driving a car 26,000 seedlings for you to plant. notforsale miles. Trees help clean our air ties can be found at www.ne- by capturing polluting gases DQG¿OWHULQJ¿QHSDUWLFOHVVXFK halemtrust.org 7KH ¿UVW $UERU 'D\ WRRN as dust. Trees cool cities and place April 10, 1872 in Ne- conserve energy, reducing en- braska thanks to Julius Ster- ergy demand for cooling by up ling Morton (1832-1902), a to 50 percent. Trees help con- Nebraska journalist and poli- serve water by reducing tran- tician. Morton worked to im- spiration of plants beneath, prove agricultural techniques so less irrigation is needed. when he served as President Rainwater runoff is reduced Grover Cleveland’s secretary as trees slow the impact of of agriculture. While serving UDLQDOORZLQJLWWRVORZO\¿O- as a member of Nebraska’ s ter into the rootzone and re- state board of agriculture, he charge groundwater supplies proposed that a special day rather than carrying pollutants be set aside for planting trees into the ocean. To enjoy these and educating others about DQGWKHPDQ\RWKHUEHQH¿WVRI WKH PDQ\ EHQH¿WV RI WUHHV ,Q trees, celebrate Arbor Day and 1885, Arbor Day became a plant trees for the future. state holiday set on April 22 to coincide with Morton’s birth- day. President Nixon declared the last Friday in April as National Arbor Day in 1970. Arbor Day is now celebrated Wednesday, April 8 in all 50 states, with varying dates in April based on local Alder Creek Farm climates. In Oregon, Arbor End of Underhill Lane, 'D\LVFHOHEUDWHGWKH¿UVWIXOO off U.S. Highway 101, Nehalem week in April, this year from 503-368-3203 April 6 to 10. In Washing- ton, Arbor Day is celebrated www.nehalemtrust.org Wednesday, April 8. max@nehalemtrust.org For homeowners, this an opportunity to assess the trees Stewardship Wednesday
