Master Gardener Sue Morris: Flooding may cause long-term damage to trees and shrubs

Master Gardener Sue Morris: Flooding may cause long-term damage to trees and shrubs

If nearly 19 inches of rain in June by the 27th wasn’t enough, it is once again pouring down rain at my farm. On the 13th, I had received 9 inches in nine hours. Since my farm is along the South Fork of the Crow River, this meant trouble. Once the water from impervious surfaces of southeast Willmar flows this way, the river starts overflowing its banks. It has never been this bad — at least in the last 51 years. A big portion of my grove is unde…