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… body will wear out, the age-old law is, “Everyone must die.” Like foliage growing on a bushy tree, some leaves falling, others growing, so are the generations of flesh and blood: one dies, …

… been eavesdropping on tourists visiting his Gloucester Castle home and that he talks to the trees in his garden to keep himself sane. Despite the crowds waving miniature Union Jacks at the …

… efforts (16 percent). • Actions to limit greenhouse gases are not widespread – except for tree planting: While a full 45 percent of localities have a plan for tree preservation and planting, only 14 percent had established greenhouse gas limits for the …

… create nutrient-rich soil that will eventually help your spring garden or front and back yard trees bloom. Instead of cramming raked leaves into plastic bags that end up in landfills, use …

… friends have a prayer corner in their rooms. Sometimes these overlook a garden, a favorite tree, a skyline. Religious symbols and music enrich their sacred space, excluding distractions. …

… of straw mats. Determined to create a healthy environment, he made the school an oasis, with trees and a hydroponic garden. Now, despite the troubles and setbacks, the Amazon has captured …

… of home -- that “when you have to go there they have to take you in.” A climb up the family tree of ordinary is quite instructive. You will not be surprised to learn that the word comes …

… applies everywhere, not just in gardens. It is everywhere that knows summer's passing. The trees ripen their nuts and fruits. Acorns bombard the deck above my porch. The blossoms of June …

… off the busy Kaliste Saloom trafficway in a one-story ranch house flanked by a garden and fig trees, Hummert and his wife, Roselyn, a hospital chaplain, staff an outpost and oasis for both … the environment to his upbringing in rural Illinois. “I spent summers on a farm, hearing the tree frogs and cicadas, the bullfrogs in the ponds. I’d go into a funk when I had to go back to … from nature deficit disorder; I missed the farm so much.” Sacred night music Provided by small tree frogs Lulls us into peace In 1994 in El Salvador, he met Ricardo Navarro, “who welcomed us …

… the limited rainfall in the area, with an uncompacted earth mound in the lower part used as a tree growing system. Drip irrigation was installed under layers of thick organic mulch obtained … necessary where evaporation is high and salted land the consequence. A diversity of fruit trees were planted, and for each of the fruit trees, three fast growing pioneer and nitrogen fixing trees were also planted. This design mimics …

… reported. Last Friday, when Tran Van Deo operated a tractor to plough land for growing rubber trees on his garden, a couple of scrap scavengers dug and saw the tail part of a big bomb …

… know which of the many oaks on campus was the “great” one, it was fairly easy to pick out the tree with the black boom box at its roots and a bright orange industrial extension cord snaking … into the window of the women’s bathroom. My classmates appeared, all of us walking toward the tree like freshmen walking into the gym at the homecoming dance, looking for a familiar face and …

… winning urban gardener and offered some wonderful home-made apple pie made with apples from a tree in her back yard.) I was reminded that she works just a short distance in this section of …

… The abbey does not receive funding from the Roman Catholic Church, and relies on selling trees from a forest on the property for income, plus items the monks craft by hand. The abbey has …

… water, we shall turn to gaze upon the sun itself. . . Certainly the essential function of a tree is to produce fruit in season; still the foliage that its branches also bear serves to adorn …

… bugs, tadpoles, frogs and mud turtles, elderberries, wild strawberries, acorns, chestnuts, trees to climb, brooks to wade in ... bats, bees, butterflies ... sand, snakes ... and any child …

… Some people lean against fence posts when their bodies ache from toil. Some people lean on oak trees, seeking cool shade on hot, humid days. Some people lean on crutches Brozova/dreamstime.com … a refuge when times are tough. Thank you for offering me strength, for being the oak tree of comfort; thank you for being the sturdy support when the limbs of my life are weak. …

A friend posted this link on Facebook to Roger Ebert's column in the Chicago Sun Times July 25. Ebert, a cancer-survivor who can no longer speak, articulates his views in print through powerful prose. One of the best and most thoughtful film critics since Andre' Bazin and Pauline Kael, he applies his powers of observation, and critical skills -- indeed his soul -- to the BP oil disaster in the…

… in one of the world’s deadliest storms. Tiny Aung survived by clinging to branches high in a tree. Now she lives in that whitewashed building, an orphanage that quickly doubled the number of …

… in Vermilion Bay. The highway wound its way through marshes bordered by moss-draped live oak trees. At the water’s edge we walked along the narrow beach picking up oyster shells and … only death I cannot bear!” Indeed, to see your place -- the woven, quilted mosaic of weather, trees, vegetation, landforms, rainfall, birds, animals and wildflowers particular to that one …