Understanding the Chestnut Tree

At Cold Stream Farm, we offer our clients a diverse selection of tree seedlings, and other plants—each with their own unique properties that offer something different. One of our all-time favorites is the Chestnut tree, and for that, we have two types available: the American Chestnut, and the Chinese Chestnut. It is important to understand… Read more »

Warm Weather Brings Fall Foliage to Michigan

Right on track While there were early predictions that Michigan’s tree leaves would be changing color sooner than usual this year, the recent stretch of warmer weather has put things back on track! Residents of the Upper Peninsula can expect peak fall colors in early October. Areas in the northern Lower Peninsula are likely to… Read more »

Needles vs. Leaves: A Plant Evolution

Trees come in all shapes and sizes, but all of them have either the ability to grow leaves or needles – never both, and never neither. Trees that can grow leaves are called deciduous trees, while those that can grow needles are called conifers, something you may have forgotten since high school science class. The… Read more »

The Value of Trees on Your Property

Many homes across America have trees either in their back or front yards. We see them every day when we leave, we clean up when leaves or branches when they fall, but have you ever taken the time to think about the real value they bring to your home? For starters, they provide us with… Read more »

Can you judge a tree by its branch?

In the press release, “One Tree’s Architecture Reveals Secrets of a Forest,” Sciencedaily.com reports, “Just by looking at a tree’s branching pattern, it turns out, scientists can gather clues about how it functions – for example how much carbon dioxide it exchanges with the atmosphere or how much water transpires through its leaves – regardless… Read more »

Planting Deciduoud Trees: Tuliptrees

“Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky.” – Kahlil Gibran, Sand and Foam The Liriodendron tulipifera, commonly referred to as a tuliptree, is a large deciduous tree, native to the Eastern part of the United States. With massive trunks, the tuliptree can easily grow to be 70 feet to 90 feet tall,… Read more »

An Early Spring for Deciduous Trees

An early start to spring is in the cards for trees in the continental United States. According to an article from Planet Save, “new spring leaves might start to bud up to 17 days earlier in the coming century then they did prior to the current anthropogenic climate change.” This research is courtesy of a… Read more »

Cold Stream Farm

Welcome to the official Blog of Cold Stream Farm!  We created this in order to continue to connect with our loyal and new customers.  Communication has been a key to our success and we want to continue to see the relationships with our customers grow.  We’ll continue to write weekly posts in an order to… Read more »