If you have cleaned up the vegetable garden and cut back your perennials, you might be feeling just a little smug — especially since this gardening guy admits he is behind you in completing those ...

As Colorado experiences its signature whiplash weather, arborists are warning that stressed trees are more vulnerable to pests and diseases. Peel back the bark, and you may find a predator in your ...

Transplanting a tree in your yard can be traumatic for it. If you add the hardships of cold weather on top of uprooting, a newly transplanted tree may not make it through the winter. Recently planted ...

With trees, as with elephants and in swimming, trunks are important. They’re part of trees’ beauty, strength, majesty, and mystique. We have things to discuss. Like people, trunks come in all shapes ...

“I was at the Chicago Botanic Garden last week and saw some trees with what looked like plastic fencing around their trunks. What is this for, and should I do the same for my trees?” The trees you saw ...

I use my line trimmer around my lawn edges, trees and deck. My wife read that trimmers can damage trees. Doesn’t the bark protect trees from damage? Line trimmers are a very handy tool for edging and ...

Bucks can cause significant damage to young trees in the fall by rubbing their antlers on trunks. Male deer do this to clean their antlers of summer velvet from early September through November while ...

After last week’s column on transplanting 8-year-old plum trees was published, City of Las Cruces Community Forester Jimmy Zabriskie contacted me about another important consideration: sunscald.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Snow on a tree inside of a fenced-in yard - Jennifer J Taylor/Getty Images Homeowners often dread winter for a variety of ...

Dreaming of fresh peach cobbler? You'll need to protect your peach tree during winter to make those fantasies a reality. However, colder temperatures can be challenging for fruit trees, and the change ...

If you have cleaned up the vegetable garden and cut back your perennials, you might be feeling just a little smug — especially since this gardening guy admits he is behind you in completing those ...