Miniscule mineral particles that are carried by the wind during wet conditions are dissolved and absorbed by the lichen. Lichens produce their own food using sunlight energy and do not feed on the ...

The Refuge Food Forest is quiet. The hum of summer insects among the fruit trees has disappeared, the leaves have all fallen, and their dormant branches stand bare against a cold blue sky. Now is the ...

The Jobe’s Organics 9227 is an organic-certified granular fertilizer by USDA. Its function is to strengthen the root system and improve soil condition in the long term to hence keep your fruit tree ...

Free-standing fruit trees or bush trees, such as those grown in an orchard should be pruned when they're dormant, in winter. Trained trees, such as espaliers, cordons, pyramids and fans should be ...

Most older trees in our area have at least one small colony of lichen growing somewhere. Steve Roark is a volunteer at Cumberland Gap National Historic Park.

Minneapolis-based Yellow Tree Development has closed on the site of its planned 242-unit, $66.4 million apartment building in Inver Grove Heights and hopes to begin pushing dirt by midyear.

As a forester, I often get asked tree health questions, and one involves flat blotches stuff growing on well-established yard trees. It’s often blue-green but can come in other colors. These are ...

Feb. 20, 2025 — Highly valued economically, ecologically and culturally, the white oak (Quercus alba) is a keystone forest species and is one of the most abundant trees across much of eastern ...