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Juniper Berry Jingle, a Nature in a New York Minute Video
Junipers are the source for a whole suite of products from gin to natural insecticide to…contraceptives? Biologist Kelly Rypkema shows us the real plant behind all these claims and shares her own special recipe for spicing up the holidays. Trouble more »
Posted in Plants, Trees, Videos, Winter
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A Conifer Carol
With no refuge from the driving snow, freezing temperatures, and drying winds of winter, how do conifers, like pine trees, spruces, and hemlocks, manage to survive and even thrive? Join Kelly Rypkema by the fireside as she considers this question more »
Posted in Nature by the Seasons, People and Nature, Plants, Trees, Videos, Weather and Sky, Winter
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