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 ...

Plant trees and shrubs at least 6 to 8 weeks before the expected first fall frost. Water new trees and shrubs regularly and deeply until the first frost and mulch well. Install tree guards and tree ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

Big Reuse, a Gowanus-based environmental nonprofit, and Councilmember Lincoln Restler (D-33) have launched a do-it-yourself tree guard project. The project is one of many community and city ...

Remove leaves, windfall fruit, and weeds around trees, and mulch for soil insulation. Protect trees with tree guards, fencing, and frequent applications of a deterrent. Fertilize only if a soil test ...