In the garden, the start of the growing season means an audible onslaught of lawnmowers, leaf blowers and other tools of the ...

If you don't clean off green patches of algae on your fence then it could lead to panels being replaced or wood rot.

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Phil Swanson says at first glance his yard may not look much like a bird oasis. But he’s been wildly successful in drawing ...

Discover beautiful small trees perfect for tight spaces, offering shade, privacy, and year-round visual interest.

A history and description of bark and skin boat traditions of the native peoples of Scandinavia and northern Russia that ...

"They're essentially sending a distress signal to alert the nearby colony that there's a perceived threat," Louisa Messenger, a medical entomologist and professor at the University of Nevada, Las ...

In its caterpillar form, the spruce budworm eats away at the needles of white spruce and balsam fir. (Despite its name, it prefers — and does the most damage to — balsam fir.) ...

MEDINA, Minn. — A line of severe storms that swept through Minnesota and Wisconsin on Thursday took down countless trees. But for one Minnesota family, the loss of a white spruce was too big to ...

Talking Plants Jillian Patrie | University of Minnesota Yard and Garden Extension Spruce trees are a common site in the FM area landscape, used for windbreaks, privacy and winter interest. Recently ...

Lapenas, who co-published a paper on white spruce trees in 2022, said higher temperatures from climate change have slowed older trees’ growth,c while younger trees are being out-competed by the ...