Posted: May 17, 2024
My neighbors have an oriental arborvitae tree, that looks to me like a tall bushy pine, which grows over my fence. It has become a nursery for different kinds of doves. The first doves I noticed were two small blue and gray birds that kept flying in and out of a small entrance way among
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Tags: baby doves, beaks, doves, nest, nursery, oriental arborvitae, sticks, stroll, Yard
Posted: April 25, 2024
Time Magazine just came out with Time 100: The World’s Most Influential People. What an amazing issue! The publication is full of impressive people from artists, titans and leaders to innovators, icons and pioneers. Among the icons, one especially stood out for me. Suzanne Simard is identified as the tree whisperer. She wrote the book,
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Tags: Finding the Mother Tree, forests, fungi, knowledge, network, nutrients, Suzanne Simard, Time Magazine, University of British Columbia
Posted: March 27, 2024
Earth Day is coming up on April 22nd. It was begun in 1970, sparked by an idea from Senator Gaylord Nelson, the junior senator from Wisconsin. For a long time he had been concerned about the deteriorating environment in the United States. With the help of a lot of people, the first Earth Day became
Posted: February 22, 2024
Research into data from satellites and weather stations across the eastern United States has revealed encouraging information. The data stretches from the years 1900-2000. It shows that reforested areas in the eastern U.S. have provided a significant cooling impact. During the hottest days of summer, the temperatures within 1,300 feet of the trees can be
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Tags: cooling, reforested areas, satellites, transpiration, tree planting, weather stations
Posted: February 2, 2024
Trees may be our oldest companions. Humans and trees have been included in the same stories and myths since just about the beginning of time. No wonder it feels good to be around trees. They’re like old friends. We find them just about everywhere – in our yards, in forests, in parks, around businesses and
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Tags: carbon dioxide, companions, fungal threads, messages, mycelia, mycelial networks, old friends, oxygen, public library, school
Posted: January 15, 2024
At New Mexico State University’s Agricultural Science Center in Farmington, New Mexico, one of several projects involves tending a small orchard of young peach trees. The trees are located inside a greenhouse. Long ago, Native Americans grew peach trees and ate a lot of the fruit, but not many people know about that today.Reagan Wytsalucy,
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Tags: Daily Times, Farmington, Long Walk, Native Americans, New Mexico, NMSU Agriculture Science Center, peach trees, Reagan Wytsalucy
Posted: November 23, 2023
This Thanksgiving season I am grateful for people who have a special love for nature, including trees. One of those people was the famous singer, songwriter John Denver. He wrote many well-loved songs such as “Rocky Mountain High” and “Take Me Home, Country Roads.” He was such a good song writer that the state of
Posted: November 8, 2023
Jasper Littletree loved to be creative. He created oil and acrylic watercolor paintings, made pottery, tie-dyed t-shirts, and did leather work. He also added many rooms to his family’s home in Kirtland, New Mexico. It started out as a mobile home, but by the time Jasper finished building, it was a spacious dwelling. His creativity
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Tags: artist, cottonwood, dancing, essence, gift, grandfather, Healing Tree, Jasper, oil painting
Posted: September 27, 2023
Though deforestation rates in parts of Africa may be rising, farmers in many African countries are growing trees – lots of them. Yale Environment 360, an online magazine focusing on global environmental issues, published an article June 13, 2023 written by Fred Pearce that tells how African farmers are improving the global climate by growing
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Tags: Africa, better crop yields, carbon, farmer-managed natural regeneration, farmers, Fred Pearce, Yale Environment 360
Posted: September 13, 2023
A tall, beautiful English oak tree stands at San Juan College in Farmington, New Mexico, thanks to Bill Hatch, an art professor there. With its spreading branches, it shades a lovely green lawn next to the Henderson Fine Arts Center, a fitting place for the tree. The tree is alive because Bill planted an acorn
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Tags: acorn, art professor, Bill Hatch, critiques, English Oak, Farmington, focused, listens, NM, San Juan College, sapling, teacher
