Don't stress if you have a tree that's not looking its best in the bark department. You can save a tree with damaged bark by first assessing the type of damage. Once you know the severity, you have a ...

If you spot tiny holes and piles of sawdust on your tree, bark beetles could be the culprit. Unfortunately, the solution isn't as simple as spraying them.

Tree girdling almost always spells doom for a tree if not caught early and corrected. This common, yet easily overlooked problem happens when something wraps so tightly around a tree (like a girdle), ...

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 ...

When fall’s cold nights kill the flowers and cause so many of our trees and shrubs to drop their leaves, the bareness shines our focus on what’s left – for one thing, tree trunks. Trunks and their ...

I am considering the purchase of a home that has a nicely maintained landscape. However, some of the younger trees have a limited number of small leaves. I noticed what look like cuts on the bark near ...

I received an urgent call last week. A tractor had knocked a big chunk of bark off of an oak tree and the owner wanted to know what to do about the wound.This kind of incident is all too common, ...

When we spend time outdoors in deep cold, we often get red noses and chapped cheeks. In a young tree, sudden, deep cold can cause more severe damage: cracks in the bark. Such cracks, called frost ...

The seasons are changing from fall to winter, and one of the major changes to the environment is that the deciduous trees have lost their leaves. Evergreen trees may still have green needles, but all ...