Having long since dumped my dusty forest pathology tomes, I relied on the power of Google to find reference a serious sounding tree ailment, and by serious sounding, I mean I can’t come close to pronouncing it. “ Phytophthora austrocedri (P. austrocedri) is a fungus-like pathogen which...
Imagine my horror upon hearing that worldwide gin supplies were being threatened by some obscure tree infection. “The plant integral to the production of gin is being killed off by disease, according to a new report.” I mean, I have a sufficient supply down there, but not THAT much. Ap...