If conifer tree planting is on your late winter or early spring to-do list, there are some things you can do to improve your success. When it comes to planting conifers, timing is everything, ...

Conifers—thanks to their striking silhouettes, noteworthy growth habits, remarkable evergreen textures and variety of hues—are “gotta-have-it” landscape additions for today’s gardeners. Thankfully ...

Planting conifers in mixed containers has been at the top of my fall and winter project list. My wife, Jan, doesn’t know this has really been a secret almost double agent-like operation to get more ...

Foresters and wildlife managers can't stop the trend toward snowier winters, but they can make better habitat for deer to find shelter. A doe peeks out from under some conifer trees in the Elephant ...

Minnesota foresters are still dealing with the big blowdown that occurred in Bemidji last summer, hoping this year's fire ...

The benefits of trees are boundless. Whether it is the calming aesthetics of a tree-lined path or street, the cooling shade of a looming oak on a summer day, or the joy of watching wildlife shelter ...

Deer need two kinds of habitat to survive the snowiest winters in northeastern Minnesota, food and cover, and without both kinds, deer numbers tend to dwindle — just as they have for the past decade.

One of the pluses of our temperate climate is that we can grow a lot of different tree species in Pennsylvania. Now that we’re in the midst of prime tree-planting time (as today’s Arbor Day reminds us ...

Planting conifers in mixed containers has been at the top of my fall and winter project list. My wife, Jan, doesn’t know this has really been a secret almost double agent-like operation to get more ...