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Growing up in Sydney one could stand on a suburban hilltop and the vista was a sea of red roofs. Do the same thing now and it's all green tree cover. Fair enough, but when did trees become more important than people? ...
Read more...Fake Plastic Trees to Solve Climate Change
The San Diego Union Tribune reported today that both real and fake trees are being explored as options to fight climate change. Researchers are looking at both options to suck up CO2 out of our atmosphere and it looks like the fake ...
Read more...Fall Fruit Trees on the Street
Urban gardeners who want a sunny spot for fruit trees sometimes opt for the parking strip. Birds usually get to cherries first, plums drop fruit and are super messy, so most people (at least in our part of Seattle) seem to choose either ...
Read more...Kick Ash Furniture from Lost Trees Shown in Chicago
Ross Fiersten, "Junctures" In the west we have the mountain pine beetle destroying the forests; in central USA and Canada we have the emerald ash borer, an accidental Chinese import, that has killed 25 million ash trees. ...
Read more...As Autumn Arrives, Plant Fruit Trees!
There’sa serious culture of people who plant fruit trees in the spring. That’s OK, but it creates challenges for the owner of a small kitchen garden. When you start in the spring, you introduce young, tender plants that are emerging ...
Read more...Damien Jurado: “Caught In The Trees”
“Caught In the Trees” is not a major departure from his past minimalist folk albums, but lyrically Jurado shows strides of maturity with his new release. Best known for his first person (fictional) tales, Jurado now invites listeners to ...
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