tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307114766025313443.post3117804079478230064..comments2024-02-22T15:59:54.435-08:00Comments on Herding Grasshoppers: Deciduous? Coniferous? Or What?Herding Grasshoppershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15668974245505544238noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307114766025313443.post-6696240710410802972014-11-07T07:46:34.212-08:002014-11-07T07:46:34.212-08:00Yes, it sounds like there are several varieties. ...Yes, it sounds like there are several varieties. I think they're wonderful! It's so unexpected to have what looks "evergreen" turn such a gorgeous color and drop its needles :DHerding Grasshoppershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15668974245505544238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307114766025313443.post-49302613715930116972014-11-07T07:44:32.052-08:002014-11-07T07:44:32.052-08:00Called Tamarack in our part of the world. I think ...Called Tamarack in our part of the world. I think the needles on ours are different... shorter or something. <br /><br />Tamarack is the wood used to make wooden snowshoes because it can be steamed and bent and the hardens well. I guess now few people remember wooden snowshoes. Snowshoes are all "high tech" now and much lighter materials are used. There's something beautiful about a nice pair of wooden snowshoes though.<br />The Tamarack were beautiful this year around here. I've spotted more than in past years 'cause they stood out like bright lights in the woods after all the other trees had lost their leaves. We had a glorious fall in New England this year.Mrs. Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07703464320152527607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307114766025313443.post-65893388364837687452014-11-07T06:22:09.163-08:002014-11-07T06:22:09.163-08:00Really? Deciduous? I had no idea! So I learned ...Really? Deciduous? I had no idea! So I learned something new, too :DHerding Grasshoppershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15668974245505544238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307114766025313443.post-37853309468785626892014-11-07T03:54:44.860-08:002014-11-07T03:54:44.860-08:00LOL, well I wasn't trying to do that because, ...LOL, well I wasn't trying to do that because, honestly conifers almost all look alike to me. I am trying though.<br /><br />BTW, I was going to write that I'm pretty sure azaleas and rhododendrons are deciduous in my neck of the woods but then I looked it up and apparently there are both deciduous and evergreen varieties. I learn something new every time I come here. Sara McDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307114766025313443.post-25262727522818391692014-11-06T21:16:01.373-08:002014-11-06T21:16:01.373-08:00Sara, SEE! There you go! Blowing holes in my (over...Sara, SEE! There you go! Blowing holes in my (overly simplistic) tree categorization ;DHerding Grasshoppershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15668974245505544238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307114766025313443.post-4175321660545707072014-11-06T19:53:06.778-08:002014-11-06T19:53:06.778-08:00I don't think I've ever seen a larch. Ver...I don't think I've ever seen a larch. Very pretty! <br /><br />I think holly's a nice evergreen. Sara McDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307114766025313443.post-37561383380164313282014-11-06T10:13:06.853-08:002014-11-06T10:13:06.853-08:00Wow! Never seen anything like that before! Thank...Wow! Never seen anything like that before! Thanks for sharing it.Monicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17659675759066363838noreply@blogger.com