| I live in Ogden, and my landscaper advised that he replaces many evergreens because people do not water them after the secondary water has been turned off. He advised me to continually scoop snow from the yard around the base of all my evergreens throughout the entire winter. Last winter I did that, and all my evergreens survived. The landscaper told me that he replaced many customers' trees this summer because they did not add water during last winter's season. Because it's been so warm and dry since the secondary water was turned off this year, I've been deep root watering my evergreen trees. You'll notice their needles turn brown as they begin thirsting for water, and they shed the needles. I know that is inevitable every winter -- I'm just trying to minimize the stress to my evergreens. Perhaps it's different for older, well established trees. My evergreens were planted just 2 years ago, and range in height from 8 feet - 15 feet tall. I consider them still settling in. And with newly planted trees, it takes a season or two for the tree to manifest whatever conditions it experienced in the nursery before it was transplanted to its permanent home. I'm fervently hoping for a wet winter, and for a soaking rain tomorrow so I can stop worrying about my evergreens. | 
