There is a proposed wind power site located in Herkimer County New York. This is adjacent to a 160 acre property that is currently being used as a tree resource by James R Hirst of East Penn Gardens, a supplier to Highland Hill Farm. This wind project called Top Notch, is proposed by PPM Atlantic Renewable a foreign owned wind power company. This company proposes to place about 56 wind turbines in the area near to the Hirst woodlot.

The turbines, hundreds of feet in the air will forever change the environment of the Top Notch area. Highland Hill Farm and East Penn Gardens Both will fight this project to the limit of their resources. According to James R. Hirst the ecology of his woodlot will be effected in many serious and detrimental ways. The natural bird and bat populations will be at risk, the air flows to and from the woodlot will change. As a result James estimates that the mean temperature change of his property will be up to 2 degrees Fahrenheit. This will of course influence evaporation rates for the woodlot and surrounding wetlands. Changing the temperature of the vicinity will effect the native trout streams. There are known endangered species living in the East Penn woodlots and wetlands. These species will be at risk of having their habitat being changed. James Hirst believes that this native and natural ecology of the woodlot will be at risk if the wind turbines are installed. Along with the changes to the East Penn woodlot and wetlands James reports that there will be shadow and windmill flicker problems as well as noise problems from 16 wind turbines that will be installed near and around his property on 3 sides. Bear in mind that birds are one of the best methods of controling insect populations. Birds eat insects, mice, and rats. Mice and rats carry the Lyme Tick. Insects harm and kill millions of people worldwide. It is no wonder that in countries like China where birds are not protected, has become the breeding grounds for many of the world most feared virsus such as bird flu and influenza viruses. Therefore killing birds and bat helps in the sread of diseases to man.

Highland Hill Farm is located in solid clay. We therefore like plants that grow well in dense, heavy, rather impermeable, NOT well-drained soils. One of the best growing arborvitae cultivars, the Green Giant, is a hybred of the Western Redcedar Tree. This arborvitae is our favorite tree to help block the effect operation of unsightly windmills. This is a great choice for the areas effected by windmills being installed by PPM Atlantic Renewable. Here is why: It is deer resistant, ez to plant, fast growing, and will help block the flow of air that must be available to operate windmills. Low or reduced air flow blocks the operation of windmills reducing noise and flicker of the mills. In addition wind mills that are not operating can not kill birds.

The hardiness zone the Green Giant Arborvita tolerates is from zone 5 to zone 8. That’s where extreme cold temperatures get down to a temperate level of about 15 or 20 degrees in the winter (Zone 8), but also as low as a frigid level of 15 or 20 degrees BELOW zero (zone 5). Green giants are evergreens, being cedars. Their rapid growth rates can in ideal conditions reach 3 feet per year. Site requirements for the Green Giant Arborvita are sun to partial shade, moist well drained soil preferred (but still does well in clay), and protection from wind, at lest when young. These conditions are generally found near wind mills.

The Green Giant is a beautiful tree. It has an aesthetically fine form. It’s conical, being narrow to broadly pyramidal, reaching from 50 feet to 80 feet in height in southeastern Pennsylvania. This tree can reach 120 feet in some locations. The width at the base of the cone is usually about 15 feet to 20 feet. The leaves are rich green making graceful foliage. This makes it a great choice for windmill mitagation.

Green Giants make a superb privacy screen. Since this tree grows fast and tall, it is sould be your first choice in plant mitagation selection. Not only visually, but there height can interfer with windmills catching the free flow of air by upsetting the wind patterns. It only takes a small decrease in wind velocity to stop some windmills as they do require a minimum operational windspeed to turn on. Small decreases in wind velocity on sites can render windmills unprofitable. They keep their foliage color year ’round, great for brightening bleak gray winter days with snow on the ground. Being evergreen, they will block windmills all year round. The cinnamon bright red bark when young turn rich russet brown with time crating a strong contrast with the needle leaves while helping to hide windmills.

Green Giants’ flowers, their fruit are pretty little light brown half-inch female cones. (Just so you know, Green giants are females, so its okay to call the cones pretty.) The Green Giant is also a wonderful shade tree, casting a dark, dense shade. The wood is strong too, once the tree is beyond its youth.

This is an arborvita that should outlive even your grandchildren and for sure the windmills. There are Green Giants out west documented to be over 300 years old. Just don’t plant these too close to the ocean, or roads in areas where there’s a lot of salt used for snow removal. If you get over 100 inches of snowfall and more per year, no roadside Arborvita planting where salt is used, PLEASE. The greatest soldier of ancient Greece in the Trojan war had his one little weak spot, what proved to be a fatal flaw, and the “Achilles Heel” for Green Giant Arborvitae is hypersensitivity to salt.

If a windfarm comes to your area, you will need the fast growing Green Giant. You will want to protect your property from these Eagle chopping, bird and bat killing machines. Another major problem of windmills is a problem called shadow flicker. “Shadow flicker” - the effect of the sun shining at a low angle through the moving blades, which means they might have to be shut off at sunset and sunrise if built near houses or if a house is built near a windmill. This is an effect that wind farm operators try not to talk about. Public officials who want the tax dollars that are extracted from windmills fail to address this issue because less hours of operation means less tax dollars will be available. Public officials can take away your rights with a pen like a packman, a bit at a time. You may not get any compensation to boot. You can call them and tell them that their job is to protect your rights not take them away. Please help us save our farms value. They don’t expect to be called. That is why you must do it. They remember the personal calls. Read this call to action and Help Us.

We just found out that there is a large wind mill farm being placed near our son’s property in Herkimer County NY. He will probably lose future uses of his property. There will be what is called a 1250′ setback requirement that means there will be no new devolopment within that zone. His properety will be in that zone. We have no problem with the windmills on the neighbors property, just don’t take away our property rights because of the neighbors use of his property. This amounts to a taking without compensation. I would call this legislative conmdenation. It can happen to you. Bit by bit our public officials use zoning to suit their needs, not to protect ours. If one should not build with 1250′ of a wind mill why is a wind mill allowed to be built allowed to be located with 1250′ of an existing house? The answer is simple, the public officials don’t care about the citizens, they only care about their private agenda.

Please call all the following officals and tell them to stop supporting this project:

Number of Members: Claudine Grande Phone: 315-866-6886

Mildred S Wheeler Phone: 315-866-3209

Dolores D Walawender Phone: 315-866-0137

Jean E Maneen -Phone: 315-894-2034

Gary G Jackson -Phone: 315-894-2579

Leonard Hendrix - Phone: 315-894-3211

Robert Hyde - Phone: 315-866-1898

John L Brezinski - Phone: 315-732-6397

Peter F Manno - Phone: 315-894-5454

Raymond Smith - Phone: 315-429-9433

If these publisc officials are not told how you feel they will do it to others. Please call all of these officials today!!

Here are their Email addresses:

Dolores D Walawender - District 3 (dee525@twcny.rr.com) Jean E Maneen - District 4 (missjeanie@aol.com) Gary G Jackson - District 5 (jacksong@twcny.rr.com) Leonard Hendrix - District 6 (diggerhend@aol.com)

Please Tell Them not to support this taking…Most concerns are centered on destruction of the vistas and a decrease in property values that will occur if the turbines are built. As farmers we cherish the beauty of our land and detest its destruction. Thanks, Bill Hirst

http://www.zone5trees.com , http://www.highlandhillfarm and http://www.seedlingsrus.com and http://www.greengiantarbs.com

About the Author

Bill’s web site and farm specializes in The Green Giant Arborvitae…He is located in Doylestown and Milan Pa. Thbe web site is http://www.greengiantarbs.com

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Windmills kill birds. This is a fact that is well documented. The real question is what will and can windmill operators do about the bird kill problem?

Here is a proposal. Mandate legislation that would fund bird banding with transmitters that would deactivte windmills if a bird enters a windmills area. Thus target species such as endangered Eagles and Hawks could be outfitted with a transponder that would protect the birds. Birds with high population such as Canadian geese may not need banding. If an Eagle were to nest on my property, the government would create an Eagle protection zone for the nesting pair to protect the Eagles nest. If my property rights can be abridged to protect an Eagle, then certainly a windmill can be turned off to protect the Eagle from a rotor collision.

Windmill operators would be reluctant to place windmills in areas where birds could turn off the rotors. It is a simple game of cost vs. return. Areas of high bird density would be less valuable for wind enegry production.

You may wonder why I am interested in this problem. Here is why:

When my son Jamie was 18 years old he had been planting trees on a field of ours for 3 years. His project was to use 5 acres of seedlings which he propagated to grow trees. As he trees grew he saved a down payment and used it to buy a larger tract of land. By the time he was 18 he had enough for a down payment on a $60,000 track of land which is 160 acres in size located in Herkimer NY. Using a morgage he financed the deal. It was his first farm that he bought. Gung ho, he grew and tended the trees that he planted. As they grew to marketable size he sold them off by finding buyers and delivering and planting these trees to pay for the farm. Today he is 24 years old and owes about $20,000 on the farm. Farming and tree work is not easy. It is long hours and hard labor. He has pride in his accomplishment. He did this while going to college and graduating with a degree in horticulture from Delaware Valley college.

We now have found out that there is a large wind mill farm being placed near our son’s property in Herkimer County, NY. He will probably lose future uses of his property. Because of new zoning restrictions which are being placed on the property, he will not be able to use the land for its intended use. To set up a residence and nursery on the land. There will be what is called a 1250 foot setback requirement that means there will be no new devolopment within that zone. His properties best building site is in that exclusion zone. The wind mill will be on the neighbors property. We have no problem with the wind mills on the neighbors property, just don’t take away our property rights because of the neighbors use of his property. This amounts to a taking without compensation. I would call this legislative conmdenation. The politicians have forgotten and age old property right exists. That is in order for the wind mills to work, they must change air patterns. These changes effect the free flow of air to to from properties. In order to do that, they need an easement. They have no rights to alter the course of a stream or water run off on to an adjacent property and they have no right to do the same with the air. Land rights include air rights. These windmill operators must not take away our property rights or they may assume ownership through adverse possession.

It can happen to you. Bit by bit our public officials use zoning to suit their needs, not to protect ours. If one should not build within 1250′ of a wind mill why is a wind mill allowed to be built within 1250′ of an existing house or adjacent property? The answer is simple, the public officials don’t care about the citizens, they only care about their private agenda. How would they like to be trashed? There is a need for better standards about where the big windmills should be built, both to limit their impact on local communities and help prevent more disputes over the future our skyline. My sons property will be surrouned by windmills on three sides. If there are sounds coming on the property from three sides at once and the noise level is dangerous we will bring legal action against all parties that are respondsible for any of this noise pollution.

Please call and or email all the following officals and tell them to stop supporting this project:

Number of Members: Claudine Grande - District 1 Phone: 315-866-6886

Mildred S Wheeler - District 2 Phone: 315-866-3209

Dolores D Walawender - District 3 (dee525@twcny.rr.com) Phone: 315-866-0137

Jean E Maneen - District 4 (missjeanie@aol.com) Phone: 315-894-2034

Gary G Jackson - District 5 (jacksong@twcny.rr.com) Phone: 315-894-2579

Leonard Hendrix - District 6 (diggerhend@aol.com) Phone: 315-894-3211

Robert Hyde - District 7 Phone: 315-866-1898

John L Brezinski - District 8 Phone: 315-732-6397

Peter F Manno - District 9 Phone: 315-894-5454

Raymond Smith - District 10 Phone: 315-429-9433

Vincent J Bono - District 11 (vchenzo@aol.com or bonobrothers@aol.com) Phone: 315-894-4334

J. Keith Davy - District 12 (jkdavy@ntcnet.com) Phone: 315-823-3109

Bernard Z Peplinski Sr. - District 13 (pepb@ntcnet.com) Phone: 315-822-6974

Dennis Korce - District 14 (korce@ntcnet.com) Phone: 315-823-2375

Patrick E Russell - District 15 (perussell@frontiernet.net) Larry Barton - District 16 Phone: 315-429-9544

Bruce Weakley - District 17 (weakleyb@adelphia.net) Phone: 315-826-3899

Please Tell Them not to support this taking…Most concerns are centered on destruction of the vistas and a decrease in property values that will occur if the turbines are built. As farmers we cherish the beauty of our land and detest its destruction. We hope to avoid the need for legal action but will hold public officials accountable for the wind farm if it is built. In the mean time, would you please email or call these public officials and help in the defence of our land? Thanks, Bill Hirst

State Official to call:

NYS Governor

George E. Pataki
Executive Chambers, Albany, NY 12224
Phone: 793-2535 (Regional Office - Utica)

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NYS SENATOR, 51st DistrictJames L. Seward
Room 917, Legislative Office Bldg., Albany, NY 12248
Phone: 518-455-3131
DO: 235 N. Prospect St., Suite 101, Herkimer, NY 13350
Phone: (866-1632)

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NYS ASSEMBLYMAN, 117th District
Marc W. Butler
Room 318, Legislative Office Bldg., Albany, NY 12248
518-455-5393
DO: 235 N. Prospect St., Suite 101, Herkimer, NY 13350
Phone: (866-1632)

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US SENATOR
Charles E. Schumer
229 Dirkson Senate Bldg., Washington, D.C. 20510
Phone: 202-224-6524

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US SENATOR
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Suite 6, SDB 40, Washington, D.C. 20510
Phone: 202-224-4451

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US CONGRESSMAN, 24th District
Sherwood Boehlert
2246 Rayburn House Office Bldg., Washington, D.C. 20515
DO: Alexander Pirnie Bldg., 10 Broad St., Utica Phone: (793-8146)
Phone: 202-225-3665 Toll Free: # 1-800-235-2525

About the Author

Bill Hirst has been growing plants on his 200 acre farm in Bucks County for 30 years. His web sites are http://www.seedlingsrus.com and http://www.digatree.com Sign up for Bill’s newsletter at http://www.seedlingsrus.com/123456signup.html

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Pre-Made Suet… Wait - it’s not that yucky! You don’t really have to make it from scratch. Blocks of suet are readily available in garden supply stores. In fact, ask a butcher in your local grocery store or meat shop… you might even get it for free! Suet blocks are also available online.

If you’re lucky, you might even find suet with extra goodies like seeds, dried fruit, and (gulp) dried insects. Remember, this is quite appealing to birds.

Home-Made Suet… Making suet from scratch isn’t too difficult, it’s just quite… smelly. Basically, obtain raw beef fat from a butcher, melt it, and then cool it. You can make or purchase soap molds that are the right size for the suet holder. Some folks have even used a large baking dish, and just cut the suet into blocks. Remember to freeze the unused suet, or all that hard, smelly work will be for nothing.

There are some folks that improvise when the “fancy” suet isn’t available. They simply place the suet in a microwave just long enough to make it soft, but still hold its shape. Then they roll the block in a mixture of seeds and dried fruits. There’s probably an online source for dried insects, but…

Suet Holders… Do you remember noticing small wire baskets where you buy bird seed? Well, these are suet holders. They’re made specifically to contain blocks of suet so that it’s easily accessible to birds, and not squirrels or raccoons (or other little fellows with nimble paws).

Loose the battle - Win the war. Remember those nimble-pawed squirrels and racoons mentioned earlier? These little guys are persistent to the extreme, so why fight them. Locate a couple of feeders just for them in locations with lots of squirrel or raccoon activity.

It’s not a sure thing, but they simply might become better citizens in your bird garden. It could happen!

About the Author:

Susan Nelson Hopkins is an online gardening expert from Carlsbad, NM. She specializes in creating gardens that will attract birds. For more bird gardening information, please visit Susan’s Bird Gardens

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Birds will be attracted by the geographic location of your garden.

To find out which birds are at the moment in the geographic area, you will have to consult the specialty magazines and documentations. Maybe even the whether guy can provide some information regarding this aspect although this is not always true. Libraries and book stores have books based on migration, on the roads that some bird species take to get to their summer or winter residence. Also, taking pictures of bird you see around you and confronting them with informative materials that you already have or searching for information related to them can be an option to find out if these bird are going to make a stop in the area you live in.

Birds need water. This is highly important. A bath or a pool, no matter the size or the material, would instantly attract many bird families, even wild ducks and gooses.

If you could also arrange a place where they could find some food, bird seeds, bread or anything else they might like, that would increase the chances they made an escapade in your garden. You can try, for instance with corn. Seeds of any type also hold an answer to the question related to attracting birds towards your garden. The seeds that almost all birds prefer are sun-flower seeds, extremely easy to find, and cheep also. Anyway, before buying the seeds, you should make a list with all the birds that are in the area and with every bird’s food preferences to assure you can provide food for many types of birds present.

These are the first steps that you have to make to attract birds in your garden. The second step is keeping away from the garden all the things that might scare or disturb birds. Animals from the next garden, neighbor’s dogs can scare the birds. Try and ask the neighbors to keep the dogs chained or in the house, because they are mostly scared by dogs.

Also, you must know that some birds do not agree with each other, so that a certain species might avoid your garden because there is another species in it. Some can also stay away because of the fact you have children and the noise is too loud, and others can stay away because the place doesn’t look natural enough. So, knowing their nature and customs can be a decisive factor in bringing them in our backyard.

About the Author

http://www.gardenjargon.com http://healthybodysupplements.com ElmerFizz writes on a wide range of topics. His favorite subjects are gardening and health.

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 by: LeAnn R. Ralph

Early in May here in west central Wisconsin, I can count on seeing a Ruby Throated Hummingbird hovering in front of my kitchen window, flitting back and forth, as if to say, “there was a hummingbird feeder RIGHT HERE last year. Where is it?”

And then I know it is time to put out hummingbird nectar. I feed a 3-to-1 mixture of water and sugar (3 cups of water and 1 cup of sugar brought to a boil and cooled to room temperature). After the hummingbirds’ long trip from South America, they are thin and hungry.

The general rule-of-thumb is a 4-to-1 mixture, but to start out in early spring I always use a 3-to-1 mixture. Later on in the summer, when there are more flowers available, I switch to a 4-to-1 mixture.

I know it is important to wash the hummingbird feeder when I fill it to clean out any mold. I know it is also important to thoroughly rinse the hummingbird feeder when I am finished cleaning it to remove any soap or other chemicals.

If the feeder has visible mold, I use a bleach solution (1 teaspoon of bleach to several cups of water) to kill off the mold and mildew. Then I rinse the feeder thoroughly, under running water, for several minutes with hot water and for several minutes with cold water.

The best hummingbird feeder I’ve found is a Rubbermaid feeder. It holds two cups of nectar, and it is as sturdy now as it was when I bought it four years ago. Other hummingbird feeders cracked when I tried to wash them, either at the end of the first year or the beginning of the next.

I also set out two of those little “flower balls” for the hummingbirds little round balls that hold about a quarter cup of nectar with a large, brightly-colored plastic flower that fits down inside the neck. The flower balls fit into a holder that mounts on a steel rod pushed down into the ground. The hummingbirds love the “flowers” that give them another source of food.

Usually, right around our yard, we have between four and six pair of Ruby Throated Hummingbirds. Later on in the summer, when their offspring start coming for the nectar, we have many more hummingbirds flying around the yard. Pine trees on the east and north sides of the yard provide a perch for the hummingbirds while they wait their turn to get at the feeder.

Not that the hummingbirds are especially patient about waiting their turn at the feeder. They chase each other around and chatter and scold. I am scolded, too, when I have the audacity to remove the feeder from its hook in front of the kitchen window so that I can wash it out and fill it with fresh nectar. On more than one occasion, I have ducked to avoid a collision with a hummingbird.

I have learned not to wear a red shirt when taking down the hummingbird feeder during the day. A red shirt causes the hummingbirds to flit back and forth in front of my face, as if searching for the perfect access to this huge, glorious RED flower they see before them.

Instead of filling the hummingbird feeders during the day and risking a collision with the tiny birds, I often wait until after dark to take down the feeder, wash it and fill it with fresh nectar. That way, when the hummingbirds are looking for food early in the morning, they will find a clean feeder filled with fresh nectar.

As the season progresses, the hummingbirds dramatically increase their nectar consumption so that by July, I am filling the hummingbird feeder at least once per day. I like having the hummingbird feeder in front of my kitchen window where I can closely observe the hummingbirds as they perch on the feeder and dip their beaks into the nectar. When the light is just right, I can see their impossibly long tongues darting out to suck up more of the liquid or to lick off the tiny droplet hanging from the end of their beaks.

When the light is just right, it is also easy to see why they are called “Ruby Throated” hummingbirds. The red feathers at the base of the male’s throat glow like the ruby slippers in the Wizard of Oz.

All summer long I watch the hummingbirds, and as September approaches, they became more and more frantic to eat as much as they can, in preparation for the long flight back to South America.

And then, early in September, one day it will dawn on me that I haven’t seen as many hummingbirds. As more days pass, the remaining hummingbirds leave too. Eventually I don’t see any hummingbirds at all, and I know it will be many months, with a long hard winter in between, before I can once again feed the hummingbirds that hover in front of my kitchen window.

© LeAnn R. Ralph 2004

About The Author LeAnn R. Ralph is the author of the books *Christmas in Dairyland (True Stories from a Wisconsin Farm)* and *Preserve Your Family History (A Step-by-Step Guide for Writing Oral Histories).* She is working on her next book *Give Me a Home Where the Dairy Cows Roam.* You are invited to order a book from Rural Route 2. You are also invited to sign up for LeAnn’s FREE! monthly newsletter, Rural Route 2 News. Visit http://ruralroute2.com bigpines@ruralroute2.com

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There is a proposed wind power site located in Herkimer County New York. This is adjacent to a 160 acre property that is currently being used as a tree resource by James R Hirst of East Penn Gardens, a supplier to Highland Hill Farm. This wind project called Top Notch, is proposed by PPM Atlantic Renewable a foreign owned wind power company. This company proposes to place about 56 wind turbines in the area near to the Hirst woodlot.

The turbines, hundreds of feet in the air will forever change the environment of the Top Notch area. Highland Hill Farm and East Penn Gardens Both will fight this project to the limit of their resources. According to James R. Hirst the ecology of his woodlot will be effected in many serious and detrimental ways. The natural bird and bat populations will be at risk, the air flows to and from the woodlot will change. As a result James estimates that the mean temperature change of his property will be up to 2 degrees Fahrenheit. This will of course influence evaporation rates for the woodlot and surrounding wetlands. Changing the temperature of the vicinity will effect the native trout streams. There are known endangered species living in the East Penn woodlots and wetlands. These species will be at risk of having their habitat being changed. James Hirst believes that this native and natural ecology of the woodlot will be at risk if the wind turbines are installed. Along with the changes to the East Penn woodlot and wetlands James reports that there will be shadow and windmill flicker problems as well as noise problems from 16 wind turbines that will be installed near and around his property on 3 sides. Bear in mind that birds are one of the best methods of controling insect populations. Birds eat insects, mice, and rats. Mice and rats carry the Lyme Tick. Insects harm and kill millions of people worldwide. It is no wonder that in countries like China where birds are not protected, has become the breeding grounds for many of the world most feared virsus such as bird flu and influenza viruses. Therefore killing birds and bat helps in the sread of diseases to man.

Highland Hill Farm is located in solid clay. We therefore like plants that grow well in dense, heavy, rather impermeable, NOT well-drained soils. One of the best growing arborvitae cultivars, the Green Giant, is a hybred of the Western Redcedar Tree. This arborvitae is our favorite tree to help block the effect operation of unsightly windmills. This is a great choice for the areas effected by windmills being installed by PPM Atlantic Renewable. Here is why: It is deer resistant, ez to plant, fast growing, and will help block the flow of air that must be available to operate windmills. Low or reduced air flow blocks the operation of windmills reducing noise and flicker of the mills. In addition wind mills that are not operating can not kill birds.

The hardiness zone the Green Giant Arborvita tolerates is from zone 5 to zone 8. That’s where extreme cold temperatures get down to a temperate level of about 15 or 20 degrees in the winter (Zone 8), but also as low as a frigid level of 15 or 20 degrees BELOW zero (zone 5). Green giants are evergreens, being cedars. Their rapid growth rates can in ideal conditions reach 3 feet per year. Site requirements for the Green Giant Arborvita are sun to partial shade, moist well drained soil preferred (but still does well in clay), and protection from wind, at lest when young. These conditions are generally found near wind mills.

The Green Giant is a beautiful tree. It has an aesthetically fine form. It’s conical, being narrow to broadly pyramidal, reaching from 50 feet to 80 feet in height in southeastern Pennsylvania. This tree can reach 120 feet in some locations. The width at the base of the cone is usually about 15 feet to 20 feet. The leaves are rich green making graceful foliage. This makes it a great choice for windmill mitagation.

Green Giants make a superb privacy screen. Since this tree grows fast and tall, it is sould be your first choice in plant mitagation selection. Not only visually, but there height can interfer with windmills catching the free flow of air by upsetting the wind patterns. It only takes a small decrease in wind velocity to stop some windmills as they do require a minimum operational windspeed to turn on. Small decreases in wind velocity on sites can render windmills unprofitable. They keep their foliage color year ’round, great for brightening bleak gray winter days with snow on the ground. Being evergreen, they will block windmills all year round. The cinnamon bright red bark when young turn rich russet brown with time crating a strong contrast with the needle leaves while helping to hide windmills.

Green Giants’ flowers, their fruit are pretty little light brown half-inch female cones. (Just so you know, Green giants are females, so its okay to call the cones pretty.) The Green Giant is also a wonderful shade tree, casting a dark, dense shade. The wood is strong too, once the tree is beyond its youth.

This is an arborvita that should outlive even your grandchildren and for sure the windmills. There are Green Giants out west documented to be over 300 years old. Just don’t plant these too close to the ocean, or roads in areas where there’s a lot of salt used for snow removal. If you get over 100 inches of snowfall and more per year, no roadside Arborvita planting where salt is used, PLEASE. The greatest soldier of ancient Greece in the Trojan war had his one little weak spot, what proved to be a fatal flaw, and the “Achilles Heel” for Green Giant Arborvitae is hypersensitivity to salt.

If a windfarm comes to your area, you will need the fast growing Green Giant. You will want to protect your property from these Eagle chopping, bird and bat killing machines. Another major problem of windmills is a problem called shadow flicker. “Shadow flicker” - the effect of the sun shining at a low angle through the moving blades, which means they might have to be shut off at sunset and sunrise if built near houses or if a house is built near a windmill. This is an effect that wind farm operators try not to talk about. Public officials who want the tax dollars that are extracted from windmills fail to address this issue because less hours of operation means less tax dollars will be available. Public officials can take away your rights with a pen like a packman, a bit at a time. You may not get any compensation to boot. You can call them and tell them that their job is to protect your rights not take them away. Please help us save our farms value. They don’t expect to be called. That is why you must do it. They remember the personal calls. Read this call to action and Help Us.

We just found out that there is a large wind mill farm being placed near our son’s property in Herkimer County NY. He will probably lose future uses of his property. There will be what is called a 1250′ setback requirement that means there will be no new devolopment within that zone. His properety will be in that zone. We have no problem with the windmills on the neighbors property, just don’t take away our property rights because of the neighbors use of his property. This amounts to a taking without compensation. I would call this legislative conmdenation. It can happen to you. Bit by bit our public officials use zoning to suit their needs, not to protect ours. If one should not build with 1250′ of a wind mill why is a wind mill allowed to be built allowed to be located with 1250′ of an existing house? The answer is simple, the public officials don’t care about the citizens, they only care about their private agenda.

Please call all the following officals and tell them to stop supporting this project:

Number of Members: Claudine Grande Phone: 315-866-6886

Mildred S Wheeler Phone: 315-866-3209

Dolores D Walawender Phone: 315-866-0137

Jean E Maneen -Phone: 315-894-2034

Gary G Jackson -Phone: 315-894-2579

Leonard Hendrix - Phone: 315-894-3211

Robert Hyde - Phone: 315-866-1898

John L Brezinski - Phone: 315-732-6397

Peter F Manno - Phone: 315-894-5454

Raymond Smith - Phone: 315-429-9433

If these publisc officials are not told how you feel they will do it to others. Please call all of these officials today!!

Here are their Email addresses:

Dolores D Walawender - District 3 (dee525@twcny.rr.com) Jean E Maneen - District 4 (missjeanie@aol.com) Gary G Jackson - District 5 (jacksong@twcny.rr.com) Leonard Hendrix - District 6 (diggerhend@aol.com)

Please Tell Them not to support this taking…Most concerns are centered on destruction of the vistas and a decrease in property values that will occur if the turbines are built. As farmers we cherish the beauty of our land and detest its destruction. Thanks, Bill Hirst

http://www.zone5trees.com , http://www.highlandhillfarm and http://www.seedlingsrus.com and http://www.greengiantarbs.com

About the Author

Bill’s web site and farm specializes in The Green Giant Arborvitae…He is located in Doylestown and Milan Pa. Thbe web site is http://www.greengiantarbs.com

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Fear of flying (or aerophobia) affects roughly 1 in 5 people, and can be a real nuisance. It might just mean that family holidays abroad are impossible, or it might make a desired career impossible if it involves flying during business trips.

The effect that a fear of flying will have on a person can vary greatly. At one end of the scale, it might simply be anxiety during certain parts of a flight. At the other end, it might manifest itself as a full blown terror, which might even preclude them from just picking someone up from an airport.
Statistically, of course, flying is one of the safest modes of transport … but to someone with a fear of flying, knowing this at a conscious level, is not enough, and they remain afraid, controlled by their fear of flying.

To the sufferer, it’s their imagination that drives their fear, and no amount of ‘rationalisation’ can help this.

Most nervous flyers simply avoid flying entirely if they can, and this avoidance serves to reinforce their fear of flying.

Fear of flying, especially when an individual has flown before, perhaps many times, is often linked to a more serious level of anxiety disorder and sometimes panic-attacks are a part of the problem also.
Fortunately all of the above can be very successfully dealt with by Hypnotherapy which may include Suggestion Therapy, Hypnoanalysis, Parts Therapy, Gestalt Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Neuro-Linguistic-Programming (NLP) and Kinesiology.

About the Author:

Alan Crisp is a Clinical Hypnotherapist and Stress and Trauma Resolution Consultant with a busy practice in Beckenham on the borders of West Kent, East Surrey and SE London. Alan specialises in stress and anxiety related problems including fears, phobias, Panic and Trauma. http://www.hypnoseek.com

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Fredericksburg, Texas October 1, 2006 — While many may be dreaming of a white Christmas this winter, others will be making their way to Texas Hill Country where the deer are as plentiful as resident history.

Snowbirds from the Northern United States as well as Canada find the slower pace, warmer climate, and inviting folklore a means of enjoying a family vacation in winter, thriving in a climate that is as welcoming as it is memorable - endearing as it is affordable.

Fredericksburg is located right in the Heart of Texas Hill Country. It is one of the most unique and picturesque cities in the Lone Star State. Founded in 1846, Fredericksburg is now the central hub of commerce, entertainment and history. Fredericksburg is proudly listed in the National Register of Historic Places and features at least 40 restaurants. It is a well-known vacation hot-spot and destination for those with an RV who seek refuge from the unforgiving cold winters and for those who enjoy the outdoors and the beauty of the temperate Texas climate.

Stepping back into history may be the perfect backdrop for memorable family vacations this winter. Robin Collins, Llano River RV Park Director, asserts, “At the Park, you can enjoy the lure of the great outdoors, and spice it up by joining one of many local festivals and seasonal events found near the park year round including Fredericksburg, which is a thriving hub of culture, arts, and commerce.”

The Llano River RV Park provides a state-of-the-art camping facility that includes nearly fifty “granite gravel pads, 4-way hook-ups (electricity, water, sewer, telephone). All sites have a Llano River view,” according to Robin Collins. High speed Internet access is also available.

Visitors routinely comment on the two separate river access ramps for kayak and canoe launches. Such launches are possible in winter, however many guests prefer to use them for nature walks as well as sight seeing and photo opportunities.

For those desiring a more accommodating gathering, “The Community Center features modern amenities including double stoves, 2 microwaves, and a big screen TV - great for family events/parties,” declares Collins.

The Texas Hill Country is calling to the northern hills inviting snow birds to something more inviting and warm this winter.

About Llano River RV Park:

The Llano River RV Park is located 30 miles north of Fredericksburg, Texas, and 12 miles south of Mason, Texas on US Highway 87. Whether you are interested in shopping for antiques, visiting state and national historical parks, wildlife management areas, or the many wineries in the area, the nearby Hill Country attractions are rich with beautiful German architecture, history and natural beauty. The RV Park location is ideal for those who want to experience the Hill Country to its fullest. RV spots are currently available for December 2006 as well as January and February 2007.

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To learn more about this Texas RV Park located in the Hill Country - 30 miles north of Fredericksburg, visit http://www.LlanoRiverRvPark.com or call Toll free: 866-640-9696.

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There is a proposed wind power site located in Herkimer County New York. This is adjacent to a 160 acre property that is currently being used as a tree resource by James R Hirst of East Penn Gardens, a supplier to Highland Hill Farm. This wind project called Top Notch, is proposed by PPM Atlantic Renewable a foreign owned wind power company. This company proposes to place about 56 wind turbines in the area near to the Hirst woodlot.

The turbines, hundreds of feet in the air will forever change the environment of the Top Notch area. Highland Hill Farm and East Penn Gardens Both will fight this project to the limit of their resources. According to James R. Hirst the ecology of his woodlot will be effected in many serious and detrimental ways. The natural bird and bat populations will be at risk, the air flows to and from the woodlot will change. As a result James estimates that the mean temperature change of his property will be up to 2 degrees Fahrenheit. This will of course influence evaporation rates for the woodlot and surrounding wetlands. Changing the temperature of the vicinity will effect the native trout streams. There are known endangered species living in the East Penn woodlots and wetlands. These species will be at risk of having their habitat being changed. James Hirst believes that this native and natural ecology of the woodlot will be at risk if the wind turbines are installed. Along with the changes to the East Penn woodlot and wetlands James reports that there will be shadow and windmill flicker problems as well as noise problems from 16 wind turbines that will be installed near and around his property on 3 sides. Bear in mind that birds are one of the best methods of controling insect populations. Birds eat insects, mice, and rats. Mice and rats carry the Lyme Tick. Insects harm and kill millions of people worldwide. It is no wonder that in countries like China where birds are not protected, has become the breeding grounds for many of the world most feared virsus such as bird flu and influenza viruses. Therefore killing birds and bat helps in the sread of diseases to man.

Highland Hill Farm is located in solid clay. We therefore like plants that grow well in dense, heavy, rather impermeable, NOT well-drained soils. One of the best growing arborvitae cultivars, the Green Giant, is a hybred of the Western Redcedar Tree. This arborvitae is our favorite tree to help block the effect operation of unsightly windmills. This is a great choice for the areas effected by windmills being installed by PPM Atlantic Renewable. Here is why: It is deer resistant, ez to plant, fast growing, and will help block the flow of air that must be available to operate windmills. Low or reduced air flow blocks the operation of windmills reducing noise and flicker of the mills. In addition wind mills that are not operating can not kill birds.

The hardiness zone the Green Giant Arborvita tolerates is from zone 5 to zone 8. That’s where extreme cold temperatures get down to a temperate level of about 15 or 20 degrees in the winter (Zone 8), but also as low as a frigid level of 15 or 20 degrees BELOW zero (zone 5). Green giants are evergreens, being cedars. Their rapid growth rates can in ideal conditions reach 3 feet per year. Site requirements for the Green Giant Arborvita are sun to partial shade, moist well drained soil preferred (but still does well in clay), and protection from wind, at lest when young. These conditions are generally found near wind mills.

The Green Giant is a beautiful tree. It has an aesthetically fine form. It’s conical, being narrow to broadly pyramidal, reaching from 50 feet to 80 feet in height in southeastern Pennsylvania. This tree can reach 120 feet in some locations. The width at the base of the cone is usually about 15 feet to 20 feet. The leaves are rich green making graceful foliage. This makes it a great choice for windmill mitagation.

Green Giants make a superb privacy screen. Since this tree grows fast and tall, it is sould be your first choice in plant mitagation selection. Not only visually, but there height can interfer with windmills catching the free flow of air by upsetting the wind patterns. It only takes a small decrease in wind velocity to stop some windmills as they do require a minimum operational windspeed to turn on. Small decreases in wind velocity on sites can render windmills unprofitable. They keep their foliage color year ’round, great for brightening bleak gray winter days with snow on the ground. Being evergreen, they will block windmills all year round. The cinnamon bright red bark when young turn rich russet brown with time crating a strong contrast with the needle leaves while helping to hide windmills.

Green Giants’ flowers, their fruit are pretty little light brown half-inch female cones. (Just so you know, Green giants are females, so its okay to call the cones pretty.) The Green Giant is also a wonderful shade tree, casting a dark, dense shade. The wood is strong too, once the tree is beyond its youth.

This is an arborvita that should outlive even your grandchildren and for sure the windmills. There are Green Giants out west documented to be over 300 years old. Just don’t plant these too close to the ocean, or roads in areas where there’s a lot of salt used for snow removal. If you get over 100 inches of snowfall and more per year, no roadside Arborvita planting where salt is used, PLEASE. The greatest soldier of ancient Greece in the Trojan war had his one little weak spot, what proved to be a fatal flaw, and the “Achilles Heel” for Green Giant Arborvitae is hypersensitivity to salt.

If a windfarm comes to your area, you will need the fast growing Green Giant. You will want to protect your property from these Eagle chopping, bird and bat killing machines. Another major problem of windmills is a problem called shadow flicker. “Shadow flicker” - the effect of the sun shining at a low angle through the moving blades, which means they might have to be shut off at sunset and sunrise if built near houses or if a house is built near a windmill. This is an effect that wind farm operators try not to talk about. Public officials who want the tax dollars that are extracted from windmills fail to address this issue because less hours of operation means less tax dollars will be available. Public officials can take away your rights with a pen like a packman, a bit at a time. You may not get any compensation to boot. You can call them and tell them that their job is to protect your rights not take them away. Please help us save our farms value. They don’t expect to be called. That is why you must do it. They remember the personal calls. Read this call to action and Help Us.

We just found out that there is a large wind mill farm being placed near our son’s property in Herkimer County NY. He will probably lose future uses of his property. There will be what is called a 1250′ setback requirement that means there will be no new devolopment within that zone. His properety will be in that zone. We have no problem with the windmills on the neighbors property, just don’t take away our property rights because of the neighbors use of his property. This amounts to a taking without compensation. I would call this legislative conmdenation. It can happen to you. Bit by bit our public officials use zoning to suit their needs, not to protect ours. If one should not build with 1250′ of a wind mill why is a wind mill allowed to be built allowed to be located with 1250′ of an existing house? The answer is simple, the public officials don’t care about the citizens, they only care about their private agenda.

Please call all the following officals and tell them to stop supporting this project:

Number of Members: Claudine Grande Phone: 315-866-6886

Mildred S Wheeler Phone: 315-866-3209

Dolores D Walawender Phone: 315-866-0137

Jean E Maneen -Phone: 315-894-2034

Gary G Jackson -Phone: 315-894-2579

Leonard Hendrix - Phone: 315-894-3211

Robert Hyde - Phone: 315-866-1898

John L Brezinski - Phone: 315-732-6397

Peter F Manno - Phone: 315-894-5454

Raymond Smith - Phone: 315-429-9433

If these publisc officials are not told how you feel they will do it to others. Please call all of these officials today!!

Here are their Email addresses:

Dolores D Walawender - District 3 (dee525@twcny.rr.com) Jean E Maneen - District 4 (missjeanie@aol.com) Gary G Jackson - District 5 (jacksong@twcny.rr.com) Leonard Hendrix - District 6 (diggerhend@aol.com)

Please Tell Them not to support this taking…Most concerns are centered on destruction of the vistas and a decrease in property values that will occur if the turbines are built. As farmers we cherish the beauty of our land and detest its destruction. Thanks, Bill Hirst

http://www.zone5trees.com , http://www.highlandhillfarm and http://www.seedlingsrus.com and http://www.greengiantarbs.com

About the Author

Bill’s web site and farm specializes in The Green Giant Arborvitae…He is located in Doylestown and Milan Pa. Thbe web site is http://www.greengiantarbs.com

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Are you aware that dead, dying, and hollow trees, as well as logs on the ground, are great for birds and other wildlife? Dead trees provide homes to more hundreds of species of birds, mammals, and amphibians. Fish, plants, and fungi directly benefit from dead and dying trees. Why not leave a standing dead or dying trees in your yard unless they pose a human safety or property hazard? You can use old logs and stumps in gardens and landscaping. Yes there are many ways to improve your landscape habitat for wildlife.

In any landscape planting, I try to provide for birds. Birds provide natural music to your gardens. Selecting the best ornamental plants that help improve the habitat of your back yard should be chosen for features that provide birds with food and shelter. When you provide food and shelter for birds, you will be rewarded by their songs. Bird feeders make birds dependant on a constant supply of feed. Improving the habitat is a better means of attracting birds.

One of the best plants for habitat improvement are plants from the Viburnum family which provide excellent food and shelter for bird habitats. Viburnums are attractive, versatile, adaptable shrubs for any garden. They serve as hedges or screens and in mixed perennial and shrub borders. We like them most as specimen plants. They usually are found in the form of shrubs, but can become small ornamental trees(sieboldi). They range in size from the small Dwarf American Cranberry at 2 feet tall by 2 feet wide, to the Siebold at over 15 feet tall.

Viburnums are plants with year round interest. Some Viburnums have white to pink flowers in the spring. Some are fragrant. They have large, attractive and often textured leaves. Some viburnums have fragrant flowers that are produced in snowball like clusters in the spring. The flower clusters can be of pink buds, which develop into white flowers. Some fruits are red and turn black with age while others are orange and some blue. Leaves are glossy, dark green and turn a burgundy color in the fall. Midsummer berries are an important food source for birds. Viburnums are a must for the avid birder. Viburnums can have colorful red to purple leaves. Some viburnums can become medium-size trees, especially if they are pruned. Viburnums are specimen plants or can be anchors in mixed borders and hedges and screens. You won’t find a better group of shrubs for hedges or for massing in groups, since viburnums are delightful in every season and landscape. Some viburnums, such as Prague viburnum, are evergreen and have fragrant flowers. Others, such as leatherleaf viburnum, are semi-evergreen in colder climates, losing their leaves when temperatures dip below 10 degrees. We like Viburnums because of their adaptability and durability. While they would prefer full sun and moderately watered, well-drained rich soils, they grow very well in part shade in alkaline, clay soils. Diseases and pests are not common for viburnums. We have more trouble from my kids running over them with brush hogs. They claim they were testing their durability. Yet all the viburnums they chopped to the ground survived. In fact, we sold these plants for a premium as they produced better numbers of desirable stems. Their fibrous root system makes them transplant and propagate easily. (We do have more difficulty with the Korean Spice rooted cuttings.)

If you are shopping for a sharp hardy shrub consider one of the many cultivars of the Viburnum family. In fact select a couple of them. You will be rewarded with shrubs with all season interest. Viburnums are popular garden plants, known for their white, often fragrant spring flowers and their fall color. The Asian viburnums such as the Carlesi are the most loved. Perhaps the most known viburnums are the Burkwood viburnum (Viburnum x burkwoodii), and the Korean spice viburnum (V. carlesii), both of which fill the air with a wonderful fragrance in mid-spring. (The Mohican is a cross of the two.) Also popular is the doublefile viburnum (V. plicatum f. tomentosum), valued for its layered habit, fall foliage, and clusters of red fruits, and its close relative the Shasta, a gold medal winner. We have most of these viburnums at our 5275 W. Swamp Rd. nursery in Fountainville Pa. ready for customer pickup. Viburnum acerifolium (Maple-leafed viburnum) Although I wouldn’t garden without any of these, I like the native viburnums. They may not provide the flower fragrance of their Asian counterparts, but I love them for their fall foliage color and for their fruit displays, which attract birds to my garden in the fall and winter months. In addition, several are useful to waterwise gardeners or in urban conditions. They require only corrective pruning, and none commonly suffer from pests or diseases. These native viburnums are hardy and durable. Once you establish them they will not require a lot of attention and give years of enjoyment.

Viburnums are considered moist woodland plants. In nature they are found along steam banks from Long Island to Florida. When you come to our 5275 West Swamp Rd. location ask us to show some in their native habitat that we found along our stream bank. These plants perform well under normal landscape conditions. I especially like the floral display in the spring and these viburnums that bear fruit in the fall. Winterthur has great red leaves and abundant fruit in the fall. This cultivar needs a cross pollinator such as viburnum nudum. Native Americans used Viburnum dentatum (arrowwood viburnum) for arrow shafts. The stems are long and strait. This plant will grow in places many plants struggle. So if you have had trouble with plants in a harsh location try this cultivar.

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Bill Hirst has been growing plants on his 200 acre farm in Bucks County for 30 years. His farm is known as Highland Hill Farm. His web sites are http://www.seedlingsrus.com and http://www.digatree.com Sign up for Bill’s newsletter at http://www.seedlingsrus.com/123456signup.html

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