Friday, October 2, 2009

Tree Of Life

Thuja occidentalis - Arborvitae - (Latin for Tree Of Life) also known as Northern White Cedar, although they are not a true Cedar.

The Rustic Grey shingles on many of those charming shoreline houses are from The Northern White Cedar.

I am very excited about my seed collector I built. It is framed with simple 2x4 lumber with a old window screen attached to the bottom and a screen top. This allows for air flow. I found a large hedge of Arborvitae in Lisbon, jam packed with cones about to burst open with their seeds. The seeds are small, but my collector worked perfectly! I now have thousands of seeds to experiment with.

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