Via site feedGinkgo Fans Indian flocked cardmaking paper, from Phoenix Art Supply.
Ginkgo Wednesdays: Photography
Image courtesy of H@RU.
How much is a tree worth?
During road construction, a homeowner finds out how much her ginkgo tree is worth:
Across the street from Westenbarger is a 57-year-old ginkgo tree with branches that tower over a row of power lines. The tree is in the right of way and is scheduled to be cut down as part of the planned construction, much to the chagrin of the property owner, Vicky Lee Carney.
The ginkgo, a tree with fan-shaped leaves long cultivated in Asia, is 92 inches in diameter.
Carney, 49, said she hired an arborist from Purdue to evaluate the tree. He estimated it to be worth $71,000, she said.
Carney said she initially doubted the arborist’s estimate. Her house is worth $64,000. But he told her there are a lot of factors that figure into it. “It blocks the wind, it shades our house, he just went on and on and on,” she said.
From the Evansville Courier and Press.
Local color
The Philadelphia Inquirer tells readers where to see ginkgo trees in autumn:
Start a drive in Center City and look for ginkgo trees, which line many streets.
“They are tough trees, resistant to poor soil and urban conditions, so you can find them all over many cities,” said Longwood Gardens’ Anisko. “Their leaves are a clean, beautiful, warm yellow color and they stay on for quite a long time. When they drop, though, they drop all at once, overnight. People are known to bet on which night they will all hit the ground.”
Ginkgo Sundays: House and Garden
Only my Japanese-speaking readers can tell me more about this stool, apparently designed by Steen Duehom Sehested.
Ginkgo Fridays: Jewelry
This is but one example of the stunning ginkgo-themed jewelry available from JSC Création.
Ginkgo Wednesdays: Photography
Image courtesy of omnia.
Ginkgo Nuts with White Fungus in Coconut
Ingredients
# 100g ginkgo nuts, shelled and membranes removed
# 20g white fungus, soaked
# 1 tbsp sweet almonds
# 1 tbsp bitter almonds
# 100g rock sugar
# 750ml water
# 1 old coconut (cut the upper part and keep as a lid)Method
Remove hard tissues from soaked white fungus and cut into small pieces. Parboil in hot water, then rinse and drain. Parboil ginkgo nuts, then drain.Combine rock sugar and water and bring to a boil until sugar dissolves.
Put all the ingredients in the old coconut. Cover with the cut-out lid and steam for about one and a half to two hours. Serve warm.
Amy Beh’s recipe is available at Kuali.
Ginkgo Sundays: House and Garden
Bronze tile from Lewellen Studio.
Ginkgo Fridays: DIY
Innovative Bead Supply offers this ginkgo bead.
National Register of Big Trees
The National Register of Big Trees does not list any ginkgo trees on its list. Their reason?
To be eligible for the National Register of Big Trees, a species must be recognized as native or naturalized in the continental United States, including Alaska but not Hawaii.
Although one may ask for a tree species to be to the list, it seems unlikely that ginkgos will be added. Ginkgos, of course, are not native to the United States, and neither are they naturalized, according to their definition:
A naturalized tree is an introduced species that has become common and established itself as though wild, reproducing naturally and spreading.
Some state registries are less particular; a spot check reveals that Michigan and Connecticut list ginkgos on their state big tree registries. A former roommate from Seymour, Indiana told me that the ginkgo tree in her family’s backyard is the largest ginkgo in Indiana. At the moment, there’s no way for me to verify it (although it is indeed large, as I have seen it), since Indiana’s registry uses the same criteria as the national registry—no ginkgos.
Increasing ginkgo geekiness demands that I begin to search out these trees. Consider this a standing invitation for all readers to submit pictures and information of either confirmed or alleged “champion” ginkgos in their state, province, country, or other geographical entity.
Ginkgo Wednesdays: Photography
Gameun Temple site, Gyeongju, South Korea. Image courtesy of BHo.
Real ginkgo dreams
I suppose it was bound to happen sooner or later, but last night I had a real ginkgo dream. I was in a doctor’s office, waiting to see him, when I noticed that the base of the footstool was covered with ginkgo leaves, and the side table had ginkgo leaf pulls on the drawers.
Buddha’s Delight
Epicurious offers a recipe for Buddha’s Delight. Those nuts are coming down around here, and one might as well put them to good use.
Ginkgo Sundays: House and Garden
Ginkgo 252, from the Spring Collection of Sina Pearson.
Ginkgo Fridays: Paper
Blank book with ginkgo cover, from Boxwood Bindery.
Ginkgo Tree at Osan Air Base
Osan Air Base in South Korea, an American military installation, is the site of a ginkgo tree estimated to be more than seven hundred years old. A plaque near the tree reads:
Planted about 1280 A.D. by a rich man who had no descendants. He then had children, and annually celebrated a religious service to the tree in appreciation. Villagers called this “enheng-jengui,” or “jinko[sic]-tree mania.” Enheng Jengui is the name of the village today, and this part of the village became part of Osan Air Base in 1950.
The tree is located on the golf course of the air base.
Photo found here.
Ginkgo Wednesdays: Photography
Image courtesy of Amelia Cousins.
Ginkgo Nuts on a Stick in South Korea
...or something like that. Photo courtesy of rinux.
Ginkgo Sundays: House and Garden
Ginkgo chopstick rest, available from Mrs. Lin’s Kitchen.
Ginkgo Fridays: Jewelry
Ginkgo silver stud earrings, available from Patagonia Gifts.