"How is gum made?" a participant in the Libertyville Parks Teen Travelers bike camp asked. The story of gum is not all sweet and snappy. Chewing gum goes way back - about 2,000 years. People through ...

Sweet gum is a common tree in the forests of central New Jersey and points south, and from the Atlantic to Texas. It also grows in the mountains of Mexico and Central America, a survivor from a time ...

Black gum grows throughout the eastern United States, and is common in dry sites here in the Blue Ridge Province (often in oak and pine forests) up to 5,000 feet or more. Black gum can be 100 feet ...

Springfield folklore says the city’s population of sweet gum trees (and their annoying, spiky “gum ball” seed pods) dates from the great elm tree die-off of the late 1940s. Sweet gums indeed were one ...

The tradition of sticking gum to a tree at the top of "Cardiac Hill" on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University dates back to the 1960s and continues to this day. However, the Gum Tree ...

DEAR REGINA: It isn’t entirely clear from your email whether you’re trying to prevent or control a leafminer infestation. I wouldn’t recommend using chemicals as a preventive measure on healthy ...

Attendees of the Market walk through Fairpark shopping at different vendor booths in this file photo from May 2025. TUPELO — If some of your ...

Black Gum grows throughout the eastern United States and is common in dry sites here in the Blue Ridge Province (often in oak and pine forests) up to 5,000 feet or more. Black Gum can be 100 feet tall ...