Winter is when bare root stock is dormant. Dormancy similarly justifies winter pruning of deciduous fruit trees. It functions like anesthesia for surgery. While dormant, deciduous fruit trees are ...

Thomas Pakenham’s book simultaneously succeeds and fails; Richard Shimell’s Trees in Winter is emotionally resonant and ...

Botanist Gerry Firkins, from Sorby Natural History Society, leads regular tours around the city looking at plants and trees, and one of his interests is winter twigs. “It’s about looking ...

The Berkshire Natural Resources Council announces a winter tree identification hike from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 11, at The Boulders. Participants will get to know some of the more common ...

When I think about winter survival, my mind first goes to wildlife: field mice curling up in nests, chickadees flocking to bird feeders, and amphibians burrowing into the mud. Rarely do I think about ...

Learn more› By Trey French and Eve O'Neill We’ll test new models as they become available for this coming winter. September 2024 Snow and freezing rain can turn a typical grocery-store trip or ...

Snow and ice left roads a slippery, dangerous mess across parts of the Midwest Sunday including Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky as a winter storm roared east. As one Kansas state ...

Ryan said many people think that since a majority of plants are dormant during the winter months there isn’t much maintenance needed. However, he said you should wrap young trees to protect them from ...