The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Since 2016, a dedicated group of nature enthusiasts and I have worked to restore and protect monarchs ...
Many people like to have some trees in their landscape. Our property has both white and pin oaks (a member of the red oak group). I recently saw an oak gall on a small pin oak. This is created when a ...
Oak trees have been with us from the very beginning of time. When God created the oak tree and the acorn, whichever came first, we were blessed with one of the sturdiest and useful plants for our ...
My grandfather, Theodore Otto Herman Hill, or “Thunderhead” as he was more appropriately known, was a hunter, a taxidermist and a Teddy Roosevelt conservationist. He was the frontiersman type. He ...
Like a parent who secretly really does have a favorite child, I will reluctantly and guiltily admit that in my series on worthy street trees of Philadelphia, I’ve saved the best for last. I think it’s ...
WEST NEWBURY — Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson wrote that the air emanating from old trees can renew a weary spirit. If this is true, then some uplifting breezes must be wafting along Main ...
A heritage oak fell in Anneke and Ray Dempsey’s Palo Alto yard during the March 14, 2023 storm. Courtesy Anneke and Ray Dempsey. Anneke Dempsey was concerned about the giant oak in her backyard for ...
The Linden Oak, a tree that has likely been around since at least George Washington’s birth in 1732, was cut down Tuesday by a Montgomery County, Maryland, forestry crew. The chainsaws and wood ...