The Jonsteen Company

Join us for a special event next Tuesday!

Testing the live stream!

"The only thing that ultimately matters is to eat an ice-cream cone, play a slide trombone, plant a small tree good God, now you're free." Ray Manzarek

Growing a tree from seed is a magical and fascinating experience for people of all ages. Jonsteen's 100% guaranteed grow kits provide everything needed to successfully germinate and grow some of the world’s most incredible tree species at home: seeds, growing medium, a mini-greenhouse, and detailed instructions that lead you through the whole process. Join Summer and Sequoia the Wolf as they learn about seed stratification, germination, and transplanting using Jonsteen's awesome grow kits, then grow your own! www.sequoiatrees.com/collections/seed-grow-kits

A short reflection on our first tree planting of the year: a nice little Coast Redwood/Coast Live Oak project along the Avenue of the Giants with friends. Trees are good. Music by Ben Stoeck

@whoopigoldberg loves trees. We love Whoopi! . . . #theview #planttrees #sequoiatrees #growatree #jonsteentrees #growkits #plantatree #treesontvs

In case you missed it, here's a link to our quick feature on ABC World News Tonight with David Muir (we're at the very end of the segment): https://abcn.ws/37yHqrr

Check us out on ABC World News Tonight with David Muir at 6:30pm PST tonight! American made is cool!

Go green with Jonsteen! Visit www.sequoiatrees.com this Black Friday, and plant a tree for the planet!

Repost from Yosemite National Park about the #giantsequoia study Steen has been volunteering on. Shoutout to The Marmot Society for doing this important work! . . . Where does a tree get its water?... This question lies at the heart of a new study seeking to understand what's behind the never-before-observed death of at least 30 mature giant sequoias in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks and several in Yosemite's Mariposa Grove between 2014 and 2019. Mature sequoias lose almost 1,000 gallons of water a day through their leaves, replacing it from a wide but often shallow root network. Researchers believe that when shallow-rooted trees in wet areas are faced with fire damage and then severe drought, some cannot replace lost water fast enough and may succumb to attacks by native bark beetles. To understand which trees are in danger, the first step is discovering where water in their xylem (water transport tissue) actually comes fromwhether it's drawn from long-lasting underground reserves, or shallow surface moisture susceptible to drought. Believe it or not, scientists can tell the difference between surface and groundwater by tiny differences in the atoms that make water molecules (to get technical, it's called an "isotopic signature"). This summer, researchers began looking for answers high in the canopy of the Mariposa Grove. By analyzing isotopic signatures from xylem samples taken before and after prescribed burns, they can begin to answer the big questions: 1) Do trees in wet and dry environments depend on the same water source? Does that change with the season? 2) Does fire damage change where a tree gets its water? Can fuel reduction before a burn mitigate that damage? Until data collection and analyses finish, we won't know the answers. But it's a drama that's playing out in real timethreatening our ability to protect sequoia groves in the face of climate-driven droughts. Even these forest giants balance on a narrow margin of survival.

Happy Veteran’s Day to all veterans, including our own Steen Christensen! . . . #veteransday #thankyouforyourservice #planttrees #treeclimbing #giantsequoia