Last week the New York Tree Trust planted seven new trees along Myrtle Avenue in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill.  Six were replacements of dead trees and one was a brand new location.  The two above replaced dead trees (see old tree stumps below).

This is part of grant that the Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership received from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s Urban and Community Forestry Program.  More trees are on the way and will be planted later this season and/or in the spring.  As usual, we will aerate soil and add mulch in the spring in preparation for the growing season.  When summer arrives, we will water these new trees each week using tree gators.

Contrary to popular belief, the late fall is a good time to plant street trees.  They are mostly dormant but their roots will grow and begin to get established before the hot summer months.