The UC Master Gardeners of Butte County are part of the University of California Cooperative Extension system, serving our community in a variety of ways, including 4-H, farm advisers, and nutritio… ...

Has this summer and early fall felt stickier than normal to you? According to LAist, that’s because it has been. The high temperatures have encouraged trees like the cork oak to produce more sap ...

In this video, we take you behind the scenes to explore the fascinating process of cork extraction from cork oak trees and how it’s transformed into a valuable product.The journey begins with ...

"The cork oak is the only tree that I know of where you can harvest the bark and it will regrow. It is very unique in that way," Griswold said. A tree can be harvested for almost 150 years.

On a recent afternoon, Stephanie Carrie walked up to a cork oak tree on Potomac Avenue, a residential street in Mid-City, and put her hand up against the bark. She looked up at the tree in awe ...

Over the course of a cork oak’s 150 to 200-year lifespan, a single tree can be harvested upwards of 15 times, exemplifying cork as a renewable resource. “There’s a misunderstanding that trees get cut ...

Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, California, ... On Tuesday, May 28, 2024, Cal Poly hosted a rare demonstration of harvesting a cork oak tree that only happens about every nine years.

For more than two centuries, an oak tree in California’s wine country stood tall. The 275-year-old tree, known as Majestic Oak, withstood fires in the Napa Valley area and quakes that shook V ...