The Browning-Off of Christmas FIJ
The Browning-Off of Christmas - Faith in Jasper Booster Article “Within a lodge of broken bark, the tiny Babe was found.” The Huron Carol Went to Hinton with the kids again this year. Paid $5 at the Mohawk station for a permit to cut down some trees for Christmas. Scrawny, yes, but real! “Mountain pine beetles don't gobble up whole trees. They carry the spores of a blue stain fungus. When other kinds of beetles attempt to bore through the bark of a healthy lodgepole pine, the tree will produce copious amounts of resin as a defense. But fungus colonizes the sapwood and circumvents the natural defensive response of the trees.” Always enjoyed going to the W.’s for Christmas Eve. Every year they would have a lovely tree brought in from B.C., 15ft high, ever so full and deep, deep green! And, oh, the shortbread! “It's a symbiotic relationship. The fungus catches a ride with the beetle while the beetle benefits as the fungus bloc...