One disadvantage of living in the Evergreen State is the damn evergreen needles. The slightest wind sends a fine flurry of them to the ground. A stiff wind sends a blizzard of needles. The needles get tracked into the house and ground into the carpet, and are a bear to remove. In theory, the only conifer that loses all its needles in the fall is the larch, native to the Cascade Mountains and a punch line in several Monty Python skits. In practice, the other species can give the larch some competition. We have a big honking Douglas fir just off the decks of Casa Sammamish. This is what the upper deck looked like yesterday. Even more came down in the last day.
Julian’s comment was, “At least we don’t live in Arizona, the Nevergreen State.”
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With luck, we’ll get a little wind in the right direction to blow these needles off the decks.
Most/all so-called evergreen trees definitely have a fall season. It’s just that their needles last a few years instead of just one season like deciduous trees — I think it’s 3 years for Ponderosa Pines (the dominant species over here on the dry side of the state).
–Jennifer
ps: See what having 2 botanist parents can do for you… 🙂