Sentences with phrase «small stands of trees»

Ironically, suburban America — landscaped with small stands of trees and wide - open lawns — creates a rough approximation of Vera's mosaic of forest and field.

Specifically, smaller stands of trees — roughly the size of a few football fields — situated throughout crop fields provided better levels of beetle protection than the much larger forest preserves set on the outskirts of farms.

Not exact matches

«Without confidence in Canada's regulatory processes — whether seeking a permit to start a small business, harvest a stand of trees or advance a large capital project - we need to have faith in the processes set out by our governments.

Thankfully, the trusty but so very old maples in front of the house stood steady and strong, though we did lose a lot of smaller branches and smaller trees in the woods and pasture where it matters a bit less.

Suddenly, as we approached a small clearing, we spotted them standing below a massive fig tree and looking up at a troop of red colobus monkeys eating and playing in the treetop.

As I stand among the sawed - off stumps and charred remains of a small grove here, officials have just painted more of the ancient tree trunks with red X marks to signify eventual destruction.

After we deliver medical supplies to a looted hospital in the small city of Al Qurnah, the grateful staff insists that we visit the site where local legend says the tree of life once stood.

By differentiating the financial gains of different conservation strategies — large but distant preserves versus small, local stands of trees — Karp thinks the study could provide a framework for introducing similar efforts in agricultural zones around the world.

On the counter top in my kitchen I put some lilac on this lovely Shabby cupcake stand that I use a lot in my home for all kind of things... beside holding cupcakes and mini tarts:) On the left you can see one of the French made pots with some small lemon trees I planted last year and on the right the painted jars I've made to reorganize my kitchen.

As there are few trees in Iceland and the majority of those that do exist are small, Icelanders joke that if you get lost in an Icelandic forest, you should just stand up.

While the relatively small region of Crocodile Isle's Gloomy Gulch features mist - filled groves, trees with frightening faces, Kloaks haunting your every turn, and an eerie atmosphere with excellently fitting music all around, one part in particular stands out to me: the Haunted Hall.

This gorgeous one - bedroom dwelling stands in a small clearing of trees in Cape Town, South Africa.

And you don't even need trees to hang a hammock, as hammock stands can support both small and large versions of these Central American sleeping staples, and they can even be slung inside a home with the right wall anchors in place (just don't go on your roof and tie one onto a chimney, please).

Baubles of course don't have to live on the tree either — birdcages, mirror plates and cake stands are perfect holders for an array of big and small baubles.

Our faux tree collar's diameter was still a tad smaller than the feet of the tree stand.