Kahtoola Microspikes are an essential piece of winter or wet weather hiking gear. Kahtoola Microspikes are a perfect balance between YaxTrax and Crampons proving a lightweight traction device that can
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The MSR EVO Trail and EVO Ascent Snowshoes are my go to recommendations for all snow conditions. Both models are durable and capable on flat ground as well as in
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Black cherry (Prunus serotina) wood is a rich reddish-brown color and is strong, hard, and close-grained – one of the most valued cabinet and furniture woods. The leaves, twigs, bark,
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The American Black Walnut is one of the most valuable commercial hardwood species in NYS. The easily worked, close-grained wood of the black walnut has long been prized by furniture
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Native Americans and settlers used the fibrous inner bark (“bast”) as a source of fiber for rope, mats, fish nets, and baskets. Basswood is still valued for its soft, light,
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HONEY LOCUST Widely planted as a hardy and fast growing ornamental. It is often used in extreme urban stress areas such as parking lot islands and sidewalk tree squares and
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Keto Sherpa Tea can also be called a Dirty Bulletproof Tea. I call it Sherpa Tea because I got the idea from a mountaineering book where they said the Sherpas
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Everyone can recognize that classic shape. After all, we see it so much from our friends to the north. But can you distinguish between the 4 common species we see
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Oak trees are some of the most majestic trees. They grow large and exhibit a regal sense. They are often called majestic or mighty. The two major major oak species
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Letchworth State Park is one of America’s Top State Parks (USA TODAY Readers’ Choice Award for Best State Park in the United States). It is referred to as the “Grand
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