Below are two of my Belsnickle Santas (I've been collecting these for years) and two little
live cedar trees that I wrapped in burlap bags.
Not exact matches
Using
live trees for comparison, Yamaguchi was able to establish that the
cedars had rings up until the early 1690s.
The
cedar's common name, arborvitae, which means «
tree of
life,» dates from the 16th century, when French explorer Jacques Cartier and his men brewed tea from its bark and leaves to overcome scurvy.
It dies on apple
trees, but on red
cedar it can persist, give its
life to the wind, or leave its old self to rot.
Semi-retired software entrepreneur with a very comfortable work -
life balance, engaged for the past decade + in creative pursuits such as homeschooling my children, building a home from
cedar and maple milled from
trees on my land, and transforming seven acres overgrown with blackberries to an...
The
living room, with its cathedral ceilings and western red
cedar louvre doors, opens onto the spacious verandah with views of the Coral Sea through the giant paperback
trees.
Recent surveys have identified more than 500 hundred native
trees on Laguna Gloria's fourteen - acre grounds, including ash, bald cypress,
cedar elm, cottonwood,
live oak, pecan, and willow
trees.
I might come up with more data in a while, but just to give one extreme example — a
cedar tree (Thuja occidentalis) typically
lives but a few decades, but where it is forced to grow extremely slowly (on cliffs), it can reach thousand years of age.
From April 20 - May 16, Young
Living members gathered to plant new Idaho blue spruce, Western red
cedar, and other
trees to promote sustainability on our farm.
For a contemporary feel, fashion a hedge from five - foot lengths of bamboo or create a more formal «
living screen» by planting a dense row of
cedar or yew
trees.
I hung a pre-lit faux garland on the front of the mantel, but I added in faux
cedar stems for texture, and also some real clippings from the bottom of our
live balsam fir
tree.