Paul Houle🦅 Tiny falcons are helping keep the food supply safe on cherry farms
🍋🟩 ‘Garden of Eden’: the Spanish farm growing citrus you’ve never heard of
#citrus #fruits #farming #silviculture #agriculture #spain #europe #food
Cuilfail@wood5y Really good read, though I remain convinced that human influence is the dominant factor in Iceland's #biodiversity loss...
...& as a #forester, believe #UKFS approved #silviculture will lead to similar #soil loss on fragile upland sites, albeit over longer timescale
🌲 Naturally fast-growing spruce trees have many long fibers, case study shows
https://phys.org/news/2025-10-naturally-fast-spruce-trees-fibers.html
#trees #paper #spruce #materials #resources #plants #silviculture
Naturally fast-growing spruce trees have many long fibers, case study shows
Rapid height growth may positively influence fiber length in Swedish spruce wood. A case study investigated wood samples from 38-year-old Norway spruces (Picea abies) in one of Sweden's most naturally fertile forests.
🌴 Commentary: Prepare to say a frond farewell to Los Angeles' palm trees
#losangeles #la #california #trees #cities #urban #horitculture #silviculture #palms
🐀 Rats! More than 100,000 acres of almond orchards across Central California are infested
#agriculture #rats #animals #almonds #silviculture #california #pests
Bah Non !Forêts européennes : il faut agir vite pour sauver ces puits de carbone
L'absorption du CO2 par les forêts européennes diminue sous l'effet des sécheresses ou de l'exploitation forestière, menaçant ainsi les objectifs climatiques de l'UE. Des chercheurs appellent à agir rapidement dans une étude parue dans Nature.
Lire l’article : https://www.novethic.fr/.../forets-europeennes-il-faut-agir-vite-pour-sauver-le-puits-de-carbone
#ThickTrunkTuesday #Mosstodon #Trees #MoistTemperateRainforest #AtlanticOakwood
A venerable #Scottish oak, growing by a deep, burn-cut gorge. Relic of actual managed #Pollard #Silviculture or happenstance, an expression of natural growth form? Heavily scarred and rotten at the root collar, totally covered in moss, ferns and worts; but still vigorous. #Biodiversity
A venerable #Scottish oak, growing by a deep, burn-cut gorge. Relic of actual managed #Pollard #Silviculture or happenstance, an expression of natural growth form? Heavily scarred and rotten at the root collar, totally covered in moss, ferns and worts; but still vigorous. #Biodiversity
🥭 From orchard to fridge: Helping mangoes stay sweet for longer
https://phys.org/news/2025-07-orchard-fridge-mangoes-stay-sweet.html
