Each tree, positioned in the front and the back of the house, is surrounded by a stone ring at its base, providing root protection during landscaping. "Both … began to lose leaves in large ...

Well, tree-ring dating, or dendrochronology, can be this precise, and even more so. Dendrochronologists showed that an ancient wooden road uncovered in southwestern England not only was built in ...

It actually experiences a growth spurt—with new cells growing between the previous year's tree ring and the tree's bark. The cells that grow during this initial period are large. As the season ...