CORVALLIS — From newly minted gardeners to avid urban farmers, everyone with a patch of land wants to grow an apple tree. Other fruits — pears, cherries, figs, plums — are desirable, too, but there’s ...
We talk a lot about how native plants are great choices for our landscapes, but one of our native plants — a tree to be exact — we don’t hear much about is the hedge apple. In fact, I don’t remember ...
As you start to think of Spring time weather, you may begin looking around the yard making a to-do list to accomplish. One of those looming tasks may be finally “attacking” that old apple tree. Late ...
CORVALLIS, Ore. – From newly minted gardeners to avid urban farmers, everyone with a patch of land wants to grow an apple tree. Other fruits – pears, cherries, figs, plums – are desirable, too, but ...
Watch as a scrumpy apple tree log is transformed into a stunning woodturned piece, with cracks creatively filled using used ...
Vancouver’s Old Apple Tree may be dead, but its family tree goes on, with uncounted offspring growing around the area. Charles Ray, Vancouver’s urban forester, said the city gave out 200 to 300 ...
Crab apple trees (malus species) are closely related to apple trees, but with smaller, edible fruits. Many homeowners remember crab apple trees as messy and would never consider planting one in the ...
This project uses Red Delicious Apple tree wood combined with an experimental epoxy mix in carbon silver and bronze/copper. After drying to remove moisture, the burl was cast to create a striking ...
For as long as scientists have studied trees, we have categorised them into two types based on the sort of wood they make. Softwoods include pines and firs and generally grow faster than hardwoods, ...
Growing up in Swain County, North Carolina, Nathan Dee Greene ate a lot of apples. The family had several trees of their own, but every fall, they bought bushels from the nearby orchard on Laurel ...