Removing this layer restricts the tree from moving water up from the roots or nutrients back down, a process known as ...

Felled trees. Gnawed tree stumps. Leftover wood chips. These are all signs that you’ve probably got a colony of busy beavers on your hand, particularly if you live near water. And while these animals ...

Trimming, fertilising, recruiting and ready - Christmas tree farms reckon real trees are more popular than ever.

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Olive trees may just be the perfect seasonless plant to style with because they look just as chic and summery in the warmer months as they do cozy and autumnal when the weather cools. And right now, ...

You don't have to be a botanist or cultivator to help bring back the American chestnut tree, which all but disappeared from the United States due to a deadly blight. The American Chestnut Foundation, ...

To protect new tree growth from deer, Moss Bank Park in Bath, NY built "slash walls" using felled hemlock trees. Slash walls are massive barriers of logs and branches that prevent deer from eating ...

Indiana has rich biodiversity with thousands of species in unique habitats, but the ornamental plant trade, globalization and development have introduced new threats to these ecosystems. IndyStar is ...

Many people are convinced they know how to survive in the woods, Bear Grylls style. But a lot of what we think we know only ...

Here are the questions to help you settle on what you like, what fits your lifestyle and what issues you hope to resolve — and 6 common mistakes to avoid ...

New Braunfels has plenty of water-oriented hotels, including the former Gruene Outpost River Lodge, which was renovated and opened this past summer as the stylish and family-friendly Hacienda del Rio ...

A blight in the early 1900s nearly wiped out the American chestnut tree, once a staple food source and building material. Farmers are now planting blight-resistant hybrid chestnut trees in an effort ...