A form of magic is performed annually in the basement of a former University of Alaska Fairbanks cafeteria. A team at the OneTree lab in the Lola Tilley building collects and transforms thousands of ...

Pennsylvania's quintessential cuisine includes Philly-style water ice, gooey layered stromboli, saucy tomato pie, and some of the best pretzels in the U.S. However, there's another state staple that ...

The calendar indicates that it’s spring, and despite occasional freezing temperatures and lingering patches of snow, the return of extended daylight confirms this change of season. Last year, a chance ...

As a historian I was eager when I came across early local Pennsylvania maps which gave the locations of Birch oil distilleries, a pioneer occupation among PA Dutch farmers. But growing up on wooded ...

Trees are a desirable element for most yards in that they create shade, provide privacy, and—obviously—add greenery. But certain trees can also offer up a sweet-smelling fragrance, in addition to ...

A number of conifers are candidates for the Official Evergreen of Winter, but among the leaf-shedding shade trees there is just one superstar, the birch tree with its peeling snow-white bark. Birches ...

Birch trees are magnificent trees to have in any garden. While they bring charm, color and character to a space, they have ...

Sweet Birch Herbals is an herb farm, herbal education center, and the working home of clinical herbalist Hannah Morano, formerly Jacobson-Hardy, all packed on three tidy acres in Ashfield. “Herbal ...

While the shape and texture of the leaves, flowers and bark are the easiest characteristics that can be used to identify trees and other plants, the unique smell of particular plants is one of my ...