Mulching around trees helps protect roots, regulate soil temperature, and keep soil moist, but only if you do it right. More often than not homeowners and even many landscapers pile mulch around tree ...

That piled-up look traps moisture and invites pests—here’s the right way to mulch. Mulch volcanoes harm trees by trapping moisture, suffocating roots, and attracting pests. Proper mulching means a 2-3 ...

The Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer, an invasive ambrosia beetle complex, poses a severe ecological risk due to its ability to attack a wide variety of tree species.

In northwestern Poland lies the Crooked Forest (Krzywy Las), a protected grove of approximately 400 Scots pines (Pinus sylvestris) that grow up in a way that doesn’t conform to nature. The trees were ...

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ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10)–With Halloween weeks away, several towns, villages, cities, and local organizations are preparing to celebrate with a safer trick-or-treating experience by Trunk-or-treating.

In a new book, two botanists hope to reintroduce the 19th-century hobby of “Botanizing” to gardeners, if they can slow down long enough to take notice. A botanizing prompt: Look for plants like ...

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