What is the purpose of a BIG knife? You know, those huge, heavy, macho things that you expect Rambo and Crocodile Dundee to be packing. I’ve used a very big knife on occasion, though not often. I’ve used those machette-type knives for hacking away brush — not the kind of...
FORAGING FOR GINKGO (Ginkgo biloba)
Botanists believed that the Ginkgo biloba tree was extinct, but then it was found in a Chinese Buddhist monastery in the 1700s, where specimens were being cultivated. Once it was rediscovered, ginkgo has been cultivated and spread all over the world as an ornamental and street tree. It is popular...
USES OF A WILLOW TREE
The willow tree is widespread throughout North America – in fact, throughout most of the world. The bark has long been used as a medicine, and the soft wood is ideal for countless wood projects. MEDICINE The bark of the younger shoots is strongest, and the bark is easiest to...