It’s not necessarily hard to walk around your property and spot trees with damaged or diseased limbs that need care. Yet, not all problems with trees are easy to spot, and even when it is obvious, you may not be…
Maybe you’ve tried growing apples, pears, and peaches in your garden, and are ready for a new challenge, as well as some yummy additions to your fruit bowl. What about persimmons? Or pawpaws? Or Asian pears? Many people may think…
If there was ever a real-life version of those cartoonish, tiny worms that could gobble up an entire tree and leave nothing more than a toothpick behind, it would be the bagworm. These unique-looking caterpillars are named after the protective…
If you’re noticing rusty orange spots on the leaves of trees, it could be a type of fungal disease known as leaf rust. Fungi thrive in the shadowy, moist corners of our world and embody a vast, intricate network of…
If you are looking to plant a tree in your yard, you might first think of popular favorites like oak, maple, redbud, or sycamore. However, there are many interesting tree selections beyond those commonly planted, like the yew tree. Yew…
As the last remnants of winter snow melt away, a brigade of early-blooming trees begin their reign. From magnolia, chokecherry, flowering plum, forsythia, redbud, Japanese apricot, pussy willow to snowdrop, these natural rebels start to flaunt their flowers as early as January. That…
We heard you were raising a stink over a particular critter, so we got the team together to show you a few tried-and-true, humane ways to get unwanted skunks out of your yard. Let’s get started, shall we? Skunks are…
Garter snakes (thamnophis sirtalis) are generally 1 to 2 feet long, with some even attaining 5 feet. Colors vary, but consistent is a whitish underbelly and stripes down their bodies. They have forked tongues that are red with a black tip.…
Weeds in your yard or garden are aggravating enough, but when they’re the prickly kind, they’re even worse. With a typical weed, you might reach down and pluck it out by its roots when you’re walking by, but the weeds…
Pool noodles are quickly becoming one of the most-used and versatile items for DIY projects. From creating a chic and inexpensive pool noodle headboard to preventing kinks in your garden hose, there are seemingly endless ways to use this cheap…