This year’s National Arbor Day will fall on April 30, but did you know that each state in the USA celebrates their observance on different dates according to their best tree-planting times? Alabama’s Arbor Day falls on the last full week of February.
Arbor Day Dates Across America
Chickasaw Plum, Southern Crabapple, Flowering Dogwood, Sweetbay Magnolia and a Common Apple (still in a bucket) next to a couple of our Banana plants.
Yesterday the Town of Loxley (our town just south of us) had a tree give away to celebrate Alabama’s Arbor Day. We showed up early with our wish list and found over 20 rubbermaid type trash cans stuffed with little tree seedlings. Not wanting to dig a lot of holes in the cold winter ground, we left with six. Doris, who lives down the road is planting a few apple trees as well, so we are hoping the wild bees in the area will be pleased and visit our farm a bit more.