How The Serviceberry Got Its Name
Before paved roads and transcontinental railways there were serious problems with winter travel. And that’s putting it lightly. While an occasional brave soul might have journeyed from home with snow on the ground, your average settler stayed close to their fireplace and far from America’s rough, unestablished system of dirt roads and mountain passes. For […]
How Rain Gardens Might Save The East Coast
While the water supply concerns faced by millions of Californians may seem like a distant concern for us here on the East Coast, the troubling reality is our future holds similar struggles—with an added bonus of belly-up fish. According to researchers at Penn State University, Pennsylvanians use about “one billion gallons of groundwater” a day […]