The Best Table Ever
A farmer in Cambridgeshire, England, discovered a massive 44-foot-long oak log in a peat bog last February. The wood had been perfectly preserved for 5,000 years! Cabinet makers Adamson and Low specialize in processing bog wood, and recognized that this one is special, and made special plans for it.
Besides, bog oak is beautiful and historical, [...]
Woman Has Lion Carved Into Tree
What do you do when your beautiful old oak tree is struck by lightning? Have it carved into a ten-foot lion of course. At least that’s what Sandy River’s of Alabama has decided to do.
Four years ago, Rivers’ 100-year-old red oak tree was struck by lightning. But she couldn’t bear to let it die.
“They came [...]
World’s oldest plant is 13,000 years old
The Jurupa Oak is so old that it was alive during the last Ice Age and before human agriculture. Unlike most plants the ancient oak reproduces by clon…
