I would first like to offer something of an introduction about
this week's guest author, Greg Grant. I've actually had Greg on
this program a couple of times before, but it has been a while.
Recently, I read an article similar to this upcoming email tip
in a statewide gardening magazine, and I liked what he had to
say so much that I asked him to condense it down to our email
tip style. By Greg Grant To most folks, a dead tree is an
eyesore, waiting for an arborist to bring it down. But to me
it's a sign of beauty and life beyond death. Ever since I was a
kid, my favorite birds have been woodpeckers and bluebirds, both
East Texas staples. It turns out that both need dead trees to
live. It sounds crazy but it's true. You've heard that all of
life is connected, right? Heck, we've all seen The Lion King. In
reality, the woodpecker needs dead trees, and the bluebird needs
woodpeckers. Woodpeckers are the king of carpentry in our
forests. East Texas is home to eight different species, the
downy, the hairy, the yell