Making It Grow Minutes Podcast
1) Buttonwood
Sycamores have a complicated wood structure, but they have interesting properties that can be put to good use.
2) Sycamore trees, the contemporaries of dinosaurs
Amanda McNulty marvels at the beauty and endurance of the mighty sycamore.
3) Heirloom Ornaments
Amanda McNulty shares how Christmas tree ornaments gathered over the years can stir warm memories of loved ones, both near and far.
4) Candlelit Christmas trees
Amanda McNulty reflects on the romance and beauty of Christmas trees once lit by candles.
5) Fun at the Christmas tree farm
Amanda McNulty embraces the spirit of the season by sharing the joys of visiting your local Christmas tree farm.
6) A tasteful tabletop Christmas tree
Amanda McNulty explains the origin of her passion for colorful Christmas tree lights
7) Putting up the Christmas tree
Amanda McNulty reminisces about putting up her Christmas tree in her 19th century home.
8) Cedar apple rust
Cedar apple rust is a fungus, but its brown cases become jelly-like blobs with protrusions that look like something from outer space.
9) Eastern red cedars and juniper berries
Our eastern red cedar is one of the junipers whose berries are used to flavor gin.
10) Building with eastern red cedar
Native Americans used eastern red cedar for canoes and ceremonial buildings.