This year's dry winter and weather pattern swings over the past decade impacting Illinois forests and home gardens ...

This phenomenon, called marcescence, adds a unique dimension to the winter landscape, and gives me something to ponder while ...

Each time winter storms pass over Sacramento, the work begins to collect all the fallen trees blown over by strong gusts and ...

One thing you’ll want to leave off your landscaping to-do list, at least for a while, is pruning your oak trees. February ...

Trees provide a sweetener in late winter, but only if a person knows how to turn tree sap into syrup. The Missouri Department ...

Sometimes by this time in February, the hellebores planted many years ago in a flower bed are showing buds, but that hasn’t ...

The Tree Trail is included with a day ticket and forms part of Winter Wonders Week, running from February 15 to 22. Other activities include an indoor winter-themed experience featuring a snowboard ...

They often bloom in late winter before anything else except for ... protects buds from being eaten or destroyed. Thinking about oak trees brought to mind a nursery catalog I got that sells ...

As I gaze out my sister’s dining room window on a cold winter morning, I spot a fluffy gray squirrel scampering among the ...

No doubt, the best way to feed deer is with a chainsaw, lopers, or any brush cutting tool. Felling trees in late winter will not only feed whitetails best, but give them bedding cover too. When the ...

As the winter’s snow melts away, spring chores and promises slowly take shape and gardeners begin sharpening and oiling their pruning tools. Is late winter and early spring the best time to ...