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If you’re thinking about stripping the bark from slippery elm trees for a little extra cash, be reminded that this activity is illegal on national forest lands. The herbal medicine market has spurred ...

Fall clean-up time has arrived gardening friends! Although we haven’t experienced frost yet, it’s likely that your garden and yard is on the decline. Less sunlight hours, less sun strength and no rain ...

Spruce bark is rich in phenolic compounds that protect trees from pathogenic fungi. A research team at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena investigated how these plant defenses ...

The blackish trunks on the crape myrtles around town are caused by a Chinese insect known as crape myrtle bark scale. It doesn't kill the trees, but it does make them unsightly and less vigorous. This ...

We have 10 hillside acres of trees east of St. Helena. Thirteen trees turned red and dropped their needles. This seemed to happen all at once. We discussed removal with a tree trimmer. He said it is ...

Today's object is one of the most potent in the whole of this series. It has become symbolically charged, freighted with layers of history, legend, global politics, and race relations. It's an ...