From Pa.‘s Christmas tree mega-auction, here’s what buyers can expect to pay this season
Neil Courtney auctions trees from the back of a pickup truck. Buffalo Valley Produce Auction, near Mifflinburg, in Union County, auctions 60,000 Christmas trees, in what is billed as the world’s ...
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Serviceberry is a sadly underused native tree that helps wildlife and is worth planting
Winters were brutal throughout most of New England in Colonial America. It snowed a lot, often into spring, and there were no ...
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A Yankee Notebook: The woods live many lives
Well up on a heavily wooded mountainside in the eastern Adirondack high peaks, in a lonely, sloping seep between two rocky ridges that likely sees no human beings for years ...
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Speaker of the House makes Brodheadsville stop
Two precincts vote at the fire house on Route 715 in Brodheadsville. Precinct 1 is downstairs and had a line of people throughout the day. When the polls opened at 7 a.m., people were lined up down ...
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World's largest tree is also among the oldest living organisms
The world’s largest tree has been rigorously dated for the first time, confirming it is at least 16,000 years old. Named Pando, the tree is a quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) with around ...
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The world’s oldest tree? Genetic analysis traces evolution of iconic Pando forest
DNA samples from one of the world’s largest and oldest plants — a quaking aspen tree (Populus tremuloides) in Utah called Pando — have helped researchers to determine its age and revealed ...
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The COVID-19 pandemic has turned us into homebodies, but didn't make us more lonely, researchers say
"What we found is that 'being lonely' and 'being alone' are very different experiences," lead author Dr Kong said. The researchers analysed if variations in the duration of lockdowns at the ...
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Ancient oak named after band Skipinnish wins UK Tree of the Year
The group were playing for the Native Woodland Discussion Group nearby and directed conservationists to its secret spot, enabling it to be added to the ancient tree inventory. Image: Pic ...
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One in Three Tree Species Is at Risk of Extinction
CLIMATEWIRE | More than a third of the world’s tree species are at risk of extinction, according to findings by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. The group said that its first ...
The Financial Times25d
Last Leaf on the Tree album review — Willie Nelson sings covers as if on a back porch bathed in a sunset
At 91, the indefatigable country old-timer shows no inclination to retire. Last Leaf on the Tree is the eighth album that he has released since 2020 — the same rate of output as another hard ...
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This October will be one of the driest ever recorded in central Pa.
If you‘ve noticed the crisp autumn weather has felt a bit drier than normal, you’re not alone. Portions of Pennsylvania have had unusually low levels of precipitation this month, including our ...