For the past several years I've received requests to reprint a Christmas column I wrote for The Forum in 1988. This season I heard from people who have similar Christmas tree memories. A couple of ...

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Like many people in Beaver County, I grew up in a house next to my grandparents' home, and like many homes, ours was backed up to a decent-sized patch of woods. If you went in the woods and down the ...

Fruit trees may not produce fruit due to improper tree vigor, often caused by over-fertilization or excessive pruning. Frost damage can prevent fruit set, even if flowers open; choose later-blooming ...

When you work with trees for as long as I have, you hear people say good things about them like, I love my trees, those trees are beautiful, and trees make me happy. For every good comment I hear, ...

A large tree blocks a Palo Alto street after a wind storm. Courtesy Carol Hubenthal. Welcome to our tree column, “Ask your local arborist.” Each month, arborists from the Davey Tree Expert Company in ...

Whittier residents love their trees, which had me reflecting on a quote, which over time has been attributed to Mark Twain. “Whiskey is for drinking and water is for fighting over.” Ok, there’s debate ...

Rarely do you find such irony in nature. This so-called Tree-of-heaven, with its invasive nature and pungent stench, makes life hell for some folks who have it growing in their landscape. This tree, ...