Red Fox Community School (RFCS) is an independent progressive K-5 elementary school in Manchester Center, VT. RFCS educates ...

Q. I am interested in planting a persimmon tree in my yard. What are the different types and what do they need to grow well? I am in Riverside County, USDA zone 9b. Persimmon (Diospyros) can be grown ...

A tall tree with a champion’s title stands on the western bank of the Dismal Swamp Canal. Way up high in the tree’s top, orange-colored persimmons grow. “They’re a little hard to see because it’s so ...

Q: Can you identify these seeds [writer sent a picture]? A: I am not 100% positive, but they sure look like persimmon seeds to me. Cut one open and see if there is a spoon shape inside. While some ...

Growing on the south side of MU’s Lefevre Hall is a grouping of three trees that, at eye level, exhibit unique, nearly black bark arranged in a blocky mosaic that has been likened to alligator skin.

Persimmon and pomegranate trees are considered climate forward in the North Bay while also dressing up the autumn landscape. Local leaf peepers eagerly await the brilliant November colors of our ...

A couple of years ago a friend introduced my husband and me to persimmons. The “Fuyu” she gave us to eat was the flatter type of persimmon that can be eaten while still firm like an apple. It is a non ...

Students from Red Fox Community School participated in a hands-on environmental stewardship experience at Smokey House Center ...