Colorful packs of gum look enticing on store shelves, but the ingredients behind that chewy texture are far from what most people expect. Gum used to be natural. Ancient cultures used tree sap and ...

Black gum wood is hard to split but many mature black gums are hollow due to fungus. These hollow trees become home to animals, many uses for early settlers and used as bee gums (bee hives).

The classic and trusted book “Fifty Common Trees of Indiana” by T.E. Shaw was published in 1956 as a user-friendly guide to local species. Nearly 70 years later, the publication has been updated ...