I’m an Orange Park homeowner. Felled local oaks bring out the Irish ‘tree mourner’ in me.

Folks may not know that Ireland was once filled with great forests of majestic oaks. Then, by the end of the 19th century, Ireland’s forest cover and mighty oaks had gone from 80% to 1% and with it went an unexpected consequence: healthy soil. You see, oaks are one…

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