Learn about this invasive insectthat puts our Hemlocks at risk.
DETAILS When: Saturday, March 5, 10 AM to 12 NOON Where: Exact location in Sprague Brook Park, TBD Register:Register here, and select the Sprague Brook event. (link takes you to a PRISM registration form.)
HWA is what keeps many on the Woodlands Committee up at night. If our Hemlocks are infected, we are at risk of eventually losing all our Craneridge Hemlocks — similar to Emerald Ash Borer wiping out our Ash trees. HWA has already been found in Zoar Valley, Chestnut Ridge Park, Franklin Gulf, and other areas in WNY.
Learn what you can do to identify this “bad bug” in our neighborhood.
This is not snow. The fuzz is Hemlock Woolly Adelgid, and it may be killing our Hemlocks.
NOTE: This meeting will be held online via ZOOM and is open to all community members. This meeting is password protected. To obtain the link and password for the online meeting, please log into the Craneridge Homeowners page: https://craneridge.org/home
NOTE: This meeting will be held online via ZOOM and is open to all community members. This meeting is password protected. To obtain the link and password for the online meeting, please log into the Craneridge Homeowners page: https://craneridge.org/home
The Craneridge December 2021 Winter Edition Newsletter is out now!
In This Edition: Greetings from the HOA President – p.1 Preserving the Past, Keeping Pace witrh the Future – p. 3 Woodlands Committee Updates – p. 5 Help for Crump Brook: Erosion Remediation – p. 7
The Newsletter will be printed and mailed out to residents residents who requested paper copies later this week, but in the meantime, please check-out the PDF version on-line now!
NEW!!! We will be creating a Craneridge Members’ only Business Directory:
Do you own a Business, provide a service or product locally? We have so many talented members in Craneridge and we’d like to encourage the notion of Buying Local. We’d like to create a directory that would only be available to Members via the Homeowners’ password protected webpage. Are you an artist? An accountant? a jewelry maker? hairdresser? massage therapist? Own your own business? Or provide a service? Please consider being listed in this Craneridge-only Business Directory by filling-out the following form: www.craneridge.org/craneridge-business-directory
NOTE: This meeting will be held online via ZOOM and is open to all community members. This meeting is password protected. To obtain the link and password for the online meeting, please log into the Craneridge Homeowners page: https://craneridge.org/homeowners-2/
The Holiday Season will soon be here. Cookie Exchange is back so come and join us for an evening of fun and laughter. Meet your neighbors and make new friends. Masks will be optional.
It’s easy to join the fun. Make 5 dozen of one variety of cookie. Set aside one dozen on a plate to share with everyone at the exchange.
Divide the remaining four dozen into wrapped packages/bags of six cookies each. (Suggestion: use Dollar Store goodie bags or ziplock bags or be creative with your packaging.) Bring your cookies in a basket or box so you have something to take your ‘new’ cookies home in. You can keep your cookies, share with a neighbor or relatives or take them to work. Want to attend but not participate in the exchange, that’s OK. Wine and non-alcoholic beverages will be available. Questions – Please call Ina Randall 592-7065.
Date: Tuesday, December 14, 2021 Time: 7:00 pm Place: The Randall’s – 82 Hardwood Dr.
Leave the Leaves | Planting Seeds in Winter | Bad Bugs Webcast
But First… Ideas Please!
We need a new name for our e-newsletter. Truth be told, it’s not going to be weekly. But it will be more then monthly, so we need a new name. Here’s where you can help! Share your name idea by sending an email to craneridgewoodshabitat@gmail.com. The Woodlands folks will pick our 3-5 faves and then run a poll in the next issue for you to pick the best of the rest!
Love theLeaves. Leave Them!
Fall is well underway, and for many folks, annual “prep for winter” work is nearly done. But what do you do with your leaves? Whenever possible, leave the leaves. Here’s why…
While monarch migration is a well-known phenomenon, it’s not the norm when it comes to butterflies. In fact, the vast majority of butterflies and moths overwinter in the landscape as an egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, or adult. In all but the warmest climates, these butterflies use leaf litter for winter cover.
Wooly bear caterpillars tuck themselves into a pile of leaves for protection from cold weather and predators. Red-banded hairstreaks lay their eggs on fallen oak leaves, which become the first food of the caterpillars when they emerge. Luna moths and swallowtail butterflies disguise their cocoons and chrysalises as dried leaves, blending in with the “real” leaves. (source and full article here.)
So…
Planting Seeds in Winter. What??! An Inexpensive Way to Get Lots of Plants.
If the cost of buying plants, including more expensive perennials, gives you pause. There is a better, cheaper way. You can plant perennials (native preferred), annuals, and vegetables using a process called Winter Sowing. It’s easy and a great winter project for everyone… including kids. Watch this 12 minute video to learn how.In a future issue, we’ll share recommendations for what seeds to grow for shady, clay areas in Craneridge.
Gypsy Moths, Wooly Adelgid, and Jumping Worms. Oh My! Webcast: “Bad Bugs” Our trees are at great risk for impacts from Hemlock Wooly Adelgid, Gypsy Moths, and Beech diseases similar to the devastation we’ve seen from Emerald Ash Borer.
Join Nate Morey, Region 9 DEC Forester for a webcast on how to ID these bad bugs and then what to do. Wed, Nov. 10, at 7 pm. RSVP to Jen Parsons to receive a Zoom link.
Hey! Let’s connect. We’d love to hear your ideas for future topics. Learn more about our Woodlands & Habitat efforts. Want to help? We’re looking for stewards and volunteers to do a number of outdoor tasks starting in the Spring. From easy to challenging.
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Like many trees and habitats in the northeast, Craneridge is being impacted by invasive insects and other critters that are severely damaging entire species like Emerald Ash Borer. Our most prominent trees, Beech and Eastern Hemlock, are at risk. Learn how to ID and actions to take. Winter is an ideal time to identify. BONUS: An update on Asian Jumping Worms. Yes, we have them!
Over the past year, there has been a noticeable increase in the number of cares/vehicles speeding within Craneridge. In September, the BOD discussed some possible traffic calming initiatives. The BOD recently worked with the Concord Highway Superintendent Barry Edwards to install TWO (2) new STOP signs in Craneridge.
To help slow traffic in the community:
Initiative 1: The Yield sign at Deer Run and Meadow Trail is now a STOP Sign
Initiative 2: A new STOP sign was installed at the intersection of Hardwood Rd. and Deer Run.
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