In most cases, you can trim a neighbor's tree that hangs over your fence or crosses onto your property line. This is what to ...

Q: Last night I weeded my flowerbeds and pulled a lot of St. Augustine runners up. Can I plant those? I have them in a pan of water. I’ll probably have more as I do more weeding. I have bare areas I’d ...

If you’ve ever wrestled with an overgrown fruit tree, you know the struggle: branches reaching for the sky, fruit hiding in a tangled mess and those pesky suckers popping up everywhere. But don’t ...

Every now and then during one of my walks, someone will tell me that they have a headache. I peel off two slivers of bark from a willow tree, that ubiquitous plant of the streams, and hand it to them.

I’ve been writing these nature columns for many years, and I hope to write them for years to come, but sometimes the writing doesn’t come easy. The other evening was one of those difficult times. As I ...

How to Grow Willow from Cuttings originally appeared on Dengarden. Willows are some of the most beautiful trees you can grow in your garden. They add shade and a touch of romance to garden pond areas ...

Hi, we’re Magali & Stefan. We live with nature on a Zone 5b–6a piece of land here in Canada, and it’s an honour to care for it. We grow our own food and help restore native biodiversity to the land.

Pruning an apple tree can seem like a daunting task if you have never done it before. Like most other skills, you start out slowly learning the basics to help build confidence. Then once the basic ...

Have you heard of Egyptian apple pie? It’s the type mummy used to make. Apples are the most common homegrown fruit in Northern regions. Most apple tree owners know they’re supposed to prune their ...

Sure, unpruned fruit trees can still produce a crop. But knowing how to prune fruit trees properly helps them be more productive and the fruit will be easier to harvest. This guide explains the ...