A Year and a Day Calendar

Alder

Ash

Ash, a fast-growing forest tree in the Olive Family, and indigenous to America, Europe, Western Asia and North Africa, has silver-grey bark, graceful foliage and has been, as the Oxford English Dictionary points out, “noted in Teutonic literature from the earliest times.” Ash-trees in the desert in...

A Year and a Day Calender: Rowan

Rowan is a native of Eurasia, a member of the Rose Family which has been naturalized across Alaska and Canada, and From Maine to California.  The word “Rowan” comes from an old Scandinavian word for “red,” referring to the bright red berries that remain on the tree in...