In September 2023, after a tornado hit north of St. Charles, Scott Hewitt loaded up his chainsaw and went to help a friend remove a fallen tree blocking her driveway. Hewitt, who had just been hired ...

When you think of animals that eat wood, termites are likely the first critters to come to mind. Termites are small insects that eat a variety of decaying plant matter, from leaf litter to wood. They ...

It's not easy growing fruit trees and bushes in pots. Here's why... along with tips on how to sidestep nine potential ...

When the kids were growing up, we had a giant weeping willow tree in the backyard. It was a magnificent specimen with long, ...

Many plants in Texas landscapes are suitable hosts for aphids, including bedding plants, ash, barberry, boxelder, crape myrtle, jasmine, flowering almond, gardenia, hibiscus, hydrangea, mountain ash, ...

Plants have small pores on the underside of their leaves, known as stomata. When the sun rises, these pores open and the ...

Photograph by Barney Wilczak “The fruit is coming.” The urgent phone call that Barney Wilczak anticipates typically comes in ...

Texture has always been a focus of the work of Ana Khouri, the only American jewelry designer invited to show her work at ...

Nothing beats a ripe peach! However, peach growers in central Illinois face a variety of challenges in the quest for this ...

This phenomenon is called “alternate year bearing” and is very common in fruit trees. In non-bearing years, the tree tends to ...

If anyone has small St John’s wort shrubs or certain weigela cultivars that seem to be dead, wait and see if new growth resumes as it gets warmer and sunnier.

By ALYSSA VAN DOORN The Outside Story The longer, warmer days of spring spark phenological changes in trees, from root to tip ...