Tending to the trees March 09 2021
Ice storm damage is expected to impact hazelnut yields, while cleanup is vital to allow tending to orchards.
When Ken and June Melcher first visited the Willamette Valley from Norfolk, Neb., they were immediately captivated by its temperate climate. They had some discouraging years in Nebraska. They came out here to visit my mom s parents. They came in September, and everything was nice and green and pretty, recalled Dennis Melcher, Ken and June s son and current patriarch of Melcher Family Farm in St. Paul. They found a place, and dad plunked down some money on the property and went back to Nebraska to sell the farm.
Shenandoah Green Staunton Legacy Tree Project works to plant trees for every Staunton student Volunteers for the Staunton Legacy Tree Project planted over 800 trees in October 2020, including at the Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind, seen here. (Source: Shenandoah Greens/WHSV) By Simone McKenny | March 9, 2021 at 8:30 PM EST - Updated March 9 at 8:30 PM
STAUNTON, Va. (WHSV) - Shenandoah Green continues to work toward its goal of planting a tree for each student in Staunton City Schools.
The project began last fall and since its beginning, there have been more than 800 trees planted around the Queen City.
The project is aiming for 2,746 trees to be planted. Leaders of the organization say the project helps the environment and the community.
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Fungi have helped scientists make a breakthrough in transforming wood into a useful source of clean electricity, which could one day lead to “energy ballrooms”.
The possibility of applying pressure to wood to produce an electric charge, known as the piezoelectric effect, has been discussed since the 1940s and 1950s. However, the vanishingly small amount of electricity the process produces has held back the idea.
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Now, a team led by Ingo Burgert at ETH Zurich, Switzerland, has discovered how to tweak the internal structure of balsa wood to make the piezoelectric output 55 times higher. The solution was to deliberately rot the wood.
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