Tag: rain

Wash the Spider Out

The eensy weensy spider climbed up the water spout. Down came the rain and washed the spider out. Out came the sun and dried up all the rain. Then the eensy weensy spider climbed up the spout again. That’s exactly what we don’t want. London needs some rain to wash the spiders out. More specifically,… Read more »

TIME FOR A DRINK: The Forest City’s Trees are Thirsty

It is now official. As of Wednesday July 13th, the City of London declared a tree watering alert. According to yesterday’s article in the  London Free Press, London has had only 4.7 mm of rain so far in July. Compare that to our wet spring where we saw 127 mm of rain in May (average… Read more »

Rainy Day Check List

The weather forecast for the week is calling for rain, rain and more rain. Not so much fun for us tree guys that have to work outside all day. We aren’t made of sugar though, so we will survive. As for you, it doesn’t mean that you have to lose a day of productivity though…. Read more »

The Rebirth of Spring

The birds are back.  Looking to the skies this week,  the CLC team has seen Whistler swans, Snow Geese, Red Wing Blackbirds and Killdeer. While Robins were scarce last week, a few have been spied in the past few days. Before you know it, we will be able to hear frogs singing and the crickets will start soon after. And even though Canada Geese… Read more »