Tree: Lime Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

Family B: The cache used to hide inside a hole from a knot on the tree, hold on by a cord to a nearby branch, however the tree has closed the knot up losing the hide. We will now open the area for new caches.

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Hidden : 10/6/2011
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

You are looking for a small screw top container about twice the size of a film canister.
GPS reception not the best under the trees, no climbing required.

Please note the value of C as this will be used for the Tree series bonus.

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The Lime is the European Linden tree from the Genus Tilia Europa. Lime is an altered form of Middle English lind, in the 16th century also line, from Old English feminine lind or linde.
Lime species are large deciduous trees, reaching typically 20 to 40 metres (66 to 130 ft) tall, with oblique-cordate leaves 6 to 20 centimetres (2 to 8 in) across.

The leaves of all the Lime species are heart-shaped and most are asymmetrical, and the tiny fruit, looking like peas, always hang attached to a curious, ribbon-like, greenish yellow bract, whose use seems to be to launch the ripened seed-clusters just a little beyond the parent tree.

The common lime can be coppiced and used as fuel, hop-poles, bean-sticks, cups, ladles, bowls and morris dancing sticks! However the most common use of this tree seems to be as an ornamental tree in large parks or estates. Avenues of lime are common and were widely planted. Other uses include the fibrous layer of under-bark called ‘bast’ which could be twisted into ropes or used to make sandals. The leaves were also useful as fodder for livestock and the very young leaves were a tasty sandwich filling! The blossom can also be used to make tea which was used during the war as a mild sedative. Even the small round fruits are just about edible and have a cocoa-like taste.

Tree lore and folklore: Limes are widely considered a female tree and have links to fertility. It is not really known how this came about but it is thought to date back to the Dark Ages. In France and Switzerland the lime is a symbol of liberty as collections of limes were planted to celebrate different battles which freed the countries from domination by others.

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FTF: SOAPY Chickens
STF: AirEd
TTF: matlou98 and jimbo009

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