Trees Can Serve as a Compass
If you ever find yourself lost in nature, first of all, take a deep breath and don’t panic. If you have a compass (or a smart phone with a compass app), use it to help find your way out. However,...
If you ever find yourself lost in nature, first of all, take a deep breath and don’t panic. If you have a compass (or a smart phone with a compass app), use it to help find your way out. However,...
John Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed, was born on September 26, 1774, in Leominster, Massachusetts. Chapman was an eccentric frontier nurseryman who established orchards throughout the American Midwest. He became the basis of the folk hero Johnny Appleseed, who...
Trees are the longest living organisms on the planet and one of the earth's greatest natural resources. They keep our air supply clean, reduce noise pollution, improve water quality, help prevent erosion, provide food and building materials, create shade, and...
Trees have always had a special relationship with people - we can even find this in our stories and our art - highlighting the wonderful option of becoming a tree when you die - even fictional trees, such as Wroshyr...
The Special Meaning of Evergreen Trees Long before the advent of Christianity, plants and trees that remained green all year had a special meaning for people in the winter. Just as people today decorate their homes during the festive season...
The History of West Virginias Trees - The Living Urn Memorial Tree Series If trees could talk they could divulge great insights into West Virginia’s 152-year history, beginning with its birth during the Civil War. Two of those trees, in particular, could relate...
General Sherman is a giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) tree located in the Giant Forest of Sequoia National Park. By volume, it is the largest known living single stem tree on Earth. The General Sherman Tree is neither the tallest known living...
Remembrance Poems to Consider for a Eulogy or a Memorial Stone There's a very special garden Where the trees of memory grow Nurtured by the kindness And concern that good friends show. The roots are cherished memories Of good times...
Instead of cutting down a tree and counting its growth rings or using an increment borer to find out how old a tree is, you can make a fairly good estimate of the age of a tree by using a simple formula...