On Tuesday, April 22 in 1994, I cut down a large Himalayan cedar (Cedrus deodara) in my front yard. I remember the day so clearly because, at the time, everyone was being told to plant a tree. I didn’t hear that. It was pure coincidence that I chose Read more

A Bognor-area man is donating trees this weekend to help the Salvation Army food bank. George Brechin, who owns property near Bognor, will allow anyone who wants a tree for Christmas or for other purposes to take one in exchange for $20 payable to Read more

Haunted castles are bringing out the undead in droves for Halloween. We visited three, each of which gave us the creeps in very different ways. We thought we were lost at first, driving down an unlit, unmarked dirt road twisting through the trees off Read more

GREENVILLE, South Carolina (AP) – The former Buddhist temple sits opposite a waterfall on the campus of Furman University, with vistas of the Blue Ridge Mountains when the trees are bare. On dark winter mornings, students will be asked to sit on the Read more

An obscure new section of the state fire code on “combustible vegetation” in buildings caught fire Thursday, with lawmakers and at least one local fire chief fretting needlessly that it might ban Christmas trees in churches. State officials from Gov Read more