Tag: trees
Living Christmas Trees Eventually Mature
UNITED STATES—Christmas trees are extreme cut foliage. They stand alone, rather than as accessories to cut flowers. Most are a few feet tall, and...
Wood Still Warms Many Homes
UNITED STATES—Fireplaces and wood stoves are not completely obsolete. They are merely less common than they were years ago. Modern building codes prohibit them...
Palm Trees Are Specialized Trees
UNITED STATES—A tree is a woody perennial plant with a single tall trunk and branches. Banana trees and tree ferns lack both branches and...
Trees Naturally Dominate Their Gardens
UNITED STATES—Trees are generally the most significant living components within a home garden. Even treeless gardens benefit from nearby trees. Some old redwoods contain...
Stakes And Binding For Trees
UNITED STATES—Few trees that inhabit home gardens begin their residency as nature intended them to. Most are exotic, from other ecosystems, regions and climates....
Live Christmas Trees Eventually Mature
UNITED STATES—Christmas trees grow on farms. They are an agricultural commodity. Their unnatural and intensive cultivation is no asset to any associated natural ecosystem....
Chimney Clearance Must Be Maintained
UNITED STATES—Chimneys are easy to neglect. Some are external to the homes they serve. They occupy visible but minor garden space. Others are internal....
Money Really Does Not Grow On Trees!
UNITED STATES—How do you teach children the value of a dollar? It seems plenty of children nowadays seem to think that money actually grows...
Streets Might Benefit From Shade
UNITED STATES—Shade has become less of a priority for modern urban gardens than it still is for older and more spacious suburban gardens. Significantly...
Sudden Limb Failure Jeopardizes Safety
UNITED STATES—Windy weather sometimes breaks limbs from trees or blows entire trees over. Evergreen trees are innately more susceptible to such damage than deciduous...