The bonus of a four-season yard is that the trees and shrubs, in particular, provide food and shelter for the birds, ...

Every garden is a thing of beauty in the growing seasons — spring bulbs, summer flowers and fall foliage all carry on with extravagance. But winter is coming, so the colorful garden superstars will ...

In this month's "Cultivating Success in the Farm & Garden" column, Hubbard County U of M Extension educator reveals how the ...

Training one’s eye to identify trees is a fun way to connect with the world around us and can be useful for making home landscape selections. Trees are often identified using leaf shape and color, ...

He taught us to recognize the diamond pattern on hickory bark and reminded us to check whether branches were opposite or ...

Gardeners who limit their love to leaves and flowers are barking up the wrong tree. Sure, those ephemeral features are undeniably seductive, but their allure is limited to warmer months. In the ...

DEAR NEIL: We planted a lovely coral bark maple this spring. It did very well until the weather turned hot a few weeks ago. Now, the top leaves and those on the side have browned edges. It gets sun ...

Here it is, the season of same-old-same-old: same old freezing rain, same old snow, same old chill winds, gray skies and barren, shivering timbers. In most parts of the country, it is the season of ...

Here in New England, the pine bark beetle also seems to be causing more tree deaths than previously, and ecologists have ...