My friend Terry Gulick, who passed away earlier this year, used to tease me about my favorite yard tree. Terry did a lot of ...

“Trash” seems a harsh epithet for a tree, but the species surely inspires a lot of trash talk. One reason is the low value of boxelder wood. On the plus side, carvers appreciate its softness and its ...

Trash seems a harsh epithet for a tree, but the species surely inspires a lot of trash talk. One reason is the low value of ...

Walking Balsa Court as part of my Loveland tree street journey brought memories from the back closet of my mind. Though a ...

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. — I’ve yet to meet someone who actually likes or even appreciates boxelder bugs. Most of us could do without these crawly creatures that seem to stick around all fall and ...

over time Technically a grass rather than a wood, bamboo forms its own unique grain pattern and can be worked into extremely hard-wearing floorboards that look and feel very similar to natural ...

51 x 65.2 cm. (20.1 x 25.7 in.) ...

Box elder bugs are primarily found on, you guessed it, box elder trees. But don’t let their name fool you; they have a knack for finding their way into homes, especially during the fall when they’re ...

Wood therapy, also called maderotherapy or maderoterapia, is a form of massage that uses various hand-held wooden tools. Practitioners of wood therapy claim that it has benefits such as breaking down ...