Let ice on trees and shrubs melt on its own instead of removing it. Support branches that are bending under snow, or gently shake off the snow. To avoid piling up snow on plants when clearing snow, ...

Spring has come early to the Colorado Rocky Mountains this year as record-high temperatures have melted snow and prompted ...

Heavy snow accumulating on tree branches can cause them to bend and ultimately snap. Rather than letting this happen, homeowners should keep an eye on their trees and remove a build-up of snow as it ...

Help apples, pears, and other fruit trees survive the cold with these winterizing tips. Remove leaves, windfall fruit, and weeds around trees, and mulch for soil insulation. Protect trees with tree ...

There’s something magical about spring on the farm. In part, it’s what poet James Hearst called “the chores of birth,” and we’ve certainly seen plenty of that during the past several weeks. Nearly a ...

Spring in the Pacific Northwest can be fickle. In Seattle, blooming flowers, warmer temperatures and thawing ice can be met with rain showers one day and bright sunshine the next. Despite the city’s ...

As the crisp autumn air rolls in and leaves crunch underfoot, many homeowners are already dreaming of hot cocoa and cozy blankets. But before winter truly settles in, there’s one crucial outdoor task ...

Researchers extracted tree cores from old deodar trees in Lahaul, Himachal Pradesh, to reconstruct 396 years of rainfall ...