Birch trees prefer well-draining soil that's slightly acidic. You can use a commercial bonsai soil mix or make your own by combining regular potting soil with sand, perlite, and peat moss. 3.

Gray birch is a fast-growing, medium-sized North American native tree that stands out for its attractive color-changing bark, ...

Yellow birch is a favorite summer food of the yellow-bellied sapsuckers who extract the sap of the tree. After pecking and drilling quarter-inch holes in neatly arranged rows around the trunk or limbs ...

The exceptions to the 'deciduous tree' rule are maple, horse chestnut, birch, walnut and cherry trees which all bleed extensively, even towards the end of their dormant season, so prune these in ...

Walking along the banks of a river, through a young forest, or along a city street, there is a tree that stands out from the rest. At first glance it might appear to be just another paper birch, but ...

Growing up in South Korea, Sophia Kim would walk by a long row of birch trees on her way to school ... Some of Kim’s forms draw from functional Asian pottery: there are mini teacups, sake ...

Help your child choose a tree they like the look of, which they can then draw in the middle of a sheet ... like the english oak, silver birch, or white willow, is great start.

Helen Peltier, who is Anishinaabe from Fort William First Nation, has reconnected to her culture and community through the humble birch bark tree. For Anishinaabe people, the birch tree is a ...

Birch water is popular across Finland and the Baltic States for its alleged health benefits and now the ancient practice is starting to catch on again in Scotland. You don't need to be a rocket ...

With many trees, you have to hunt down the plugs on each section and either hook them together or draw them down through the tree to a common, power-strip-like master plug. We greatly prefer trees ...

Such souls resided inside birch trees, leaving them only in February and March in order ... Consequently, they were believed to draw lightning during storms. While aspen wood was used to make coffins ...

Visit a birch grove under the full moon and learn about these trees Thursday on the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ north campus. The event, sponsored by OneTree Alaska, will run from 5:30-9 p.m ...