The story of silk begins in China, where it was supposedly woven into the fabric of society around 2700 B.C.E. According to ancient Chinese lore, the wife of the Yellow Emperor was sipping hot tea ...

If you're growing a dwarf variety in a pot, you can simply move your potted mulberry tree to a sunnier spot. A south-facing garden wall would work well. You can even use this wire trellis kit from ...

the wife of the Yellow Emperor was sipping hot tea under a mulberry tree when the cocoon of a silkworm, the larva of a silk moth, fell into her cup. The hot liquid dissolved the cocoon's sticky ...

Lehuauakea gathers, soaks, and beats tree bark, usually from ... with kapa, Japanese silk, kimono fabrics, and cotton in a quilt-like work. “So many of us come from plantation histories ...

In the earliest days of colonial Australia, when it was discovered that the hardy mulberry tree grew so well here ... funding – the university’s silk plantation was ripped up. The following year, ...

The Prince and Princess of Wales were in high spirits as they joined a school group for a Community Forest visit - on day two ...

What to buy: Best silk: Quince Washable Silk Quince offers machine washable 100% Mulberry silk pajamas at ... made from eucalyptus tree pulp, to create a product that's great at keeping you ...

We tested over 30 pillows filled with down, down-alternative, latex, foam, and even ones with untraditional materials, like buckwheat, silk ... fibers from the Kapok tree. The fibers are light ...

Michelle Mishina The tradition of weaving the lau (leaves) from the hala (pandanus) tree was brought to the ... and it’s wonderful that his work is being recognized beyond Hawaii shores.” ...

White mulberry (Morus ... (Albizia julibrissin), or silk trees, are obvious. They look spectacular when their wispy pink blooms dance above fern-like foliage in spring. However, you might want to ...

One of Uzbekistan’s three most fabled Silk Road cities (alongside Samarkand and Bukhara ... you’ll find gargantuan chandeliers (a housewarming gift from Tsar Nikolai II), tall-as-an-olive-tree ...

These include Sengen-jinja shrines, Oshi lodging houses as well as natural volcanic features such as lava tree moulds, lakes, springs and waterfalls, all believed to be sacred. Located on the ...