Winter can be harsh on trees that have been planted within the last five years. Learn how to give young trees the special ...

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Q: My dad helped me plant a couple of young apple trees in my backyard last weekend and so far, so good. After we finished I said the only thing I had left to do was paint the trunks white. He looked ...

You never know what you’ll find inside a tree. Some people discover raccoons and possums. Or bee hives oozing with honey. Nadine Wiley of Lincoln found a maple leaf design. “My husband’s first ...

As you start to think of Spring time weather, you may begin looking around the yard making a to-do list to accomplish. One of those looming tasks may be finally “attacking” that old apple tree. Late ...

Do not plant black walnuts, eastern red cedars, junipers, and hawthorns near apple trees. Avoid planting tomatoes, potatoes, peppers, brassicas, and root vegetables near apples. Sunflowers nearby also ...

DEAR JOAN: We have a woodpecker family that has made a home in our apple tree. I could not have drilled a more perfect circle than the woodpecker did. There was “sawdust” everywhere around the base of ...