As you looked out the windows of your house this winter at all the dormant and barren deciduous trees in your landscape, perhaps you thought that a little green would be a nice addition this year. But ...

Snow elevates every tree to a theater stage. Every twig, branch and stem stands out with its backdrop of white velvet. Stop a moment to enjoy the free show of colors and curves of the naked trees.

Want a luscious winter garden full of green? It's not too late to plant these hard-working evergreen trees and shrubs in your ...

I love this time of year. We give thanks and celebrate all that we have. What makes it even better is if the meals that bring the family together include ingredients from local farmers. This is a ...

Q: This may be a dumb question, but how do you tell a pine tree from a hemlock tree? — Clay, Pittsfield, Mass. A: Both are evergreens, and at this season, especially attractive additions to the winter ...

If you want to be a true outdoorsman or woman, and a true survivor, you’ve got to become a plant person. I know, I know—it’s not as cool to walk around with your nose in a book as it is to sling lead ...

If you take hardwood cuttings from this Christmassy native tree in December, you'll have hardy saplings ready for planting in ...

The scent of pine is one of the hallmarks of this happy time of the year. Perhaps that’s what inspires so many homeowners to plant pine trees in their yards. “Unfortunately, many of them don’t do very ...

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Local evergreens have a tiny enemy in the wild, and researchers are enlisting citizen scientists to battle the bugs. The balsam fir, a tree now starring in many homes as the centerpiece of Christmas ...