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 ...

California’s American Indians were more than hunter gatherers. They used fire to burn away the dry chaff so acorns could fall on barren ground to make collecting easier. This also reduced the ...

In our forests, a single seed can make a huge difference. Consider the acorn: scattering the ground in autumn, they provide a vital food source for squirrels, badgers and deer. When they do manage to ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Acorns develop in 2019 on an oak tree in Amana. Native oak trees can support hundreds of species of ...

All columnists get questions. Here are a few I've received over the past several months. Some of these we may have answered before, but they keep coming in. You once wrote about raising a young live ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - It’s possible this year is a mast year for your oak trees, which would explain the exceptionally high yield of acorns. During a mast year, a fruit-bearing tree produces more ...

A $13,000 grant from the Victoria Foundation to help preserve the trees in the group’s nursery is a major boost ...

Although it's the second full week of November, David and I are still eating tomatoes from our garden. Several weeks ago, right before the first killing frost, I picked as many green ones as I could ...