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Simple Ways to Help Trees

Posted: June 14, 2022

When I was selling my books at a local store recently, a man stopped at my book table. He began telling me about the many juniper and cedar trees that grow near his house. They were looking parched, hungry for water. In the area where we live in northwest New Mexico, we haven’t had any

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Mother Trees Keep Forests Healthy

By Margaret Cheasebro

Posted: August 19, 2021

Just as mothers help to make a family strong and connected, mother trees in forests do the same thing for other trees and vegetation. Ecologist Suzanne Simard recently wrote a book about that called Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest. She works at the University of British Columbia. Her book has

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Planting a Garden Can Be Healing

By Margaret Cheasebro

Posted: March 31, 2021

Do you have a tree in your yard that you really like? If you do, it might be fun to plant a few flowers near it to make your own little garden. Gardens, even small ones with just a few flowers near a tree, can help people feel calmer and more relaxed. Notice how you

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