Growing Cherry Trees in the Garden
The word “cherry” is thought to be derived from the name of an ancient region near Turkey, and over the past few thousand years, they have been grown for their…
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Seven Fruit Tree Planting Tips
Fruit trees are not only beautiful additions to your yard, they can provide you with a delicious fruit crop each year. But in order to enjoy such a bounty, you…
Five Fast Growing Trees to Avoid
Trees with characteristically rapid growth rates are often in high demand among homeowners, property managers and land developers. But while there are clear benefits to installing fast-growing trees, a tree’s…
Fast Growing Evergreens for Year-Round Protection
Trees provide a number of important services and benefits to the local environment, including a reduction in the amount of storm water flowing across the ground, improving biodiversity and lowering…
Keeping your live Christmas tree fresh for longer
Christmas season is one of those times that we can take some time out to ponder our impact on the environment and how we reduce our “footprint.” One of the…
Tree staking
After planting a young tree, physically supporting it by staking the tree may be needed in order to prevent the tree from growing up crooked or askew for the remainder…
Growing Indoor Bonsai
Bonsai is an ancient East Asian art form, but has now grown to encompass a worldwide following. This is a true gardening art form, because in order to make bonsai…
Trees with beautiful blooms
Trees that put on an annual display of flowers are a great way to have a nice splash of color in your garden without having to worry too much about…
Living Christmas trees vs artificial Christmas trees
Christmas celebrations have taken on added new meaning in recent years. Climate change, depleting resources, and pollution being some of the more important reasons why we all need to adopt…
Tree and stump removal
If you plan on buying a home that is located in wooded country, proper tree removal is surely going to be the first issue to crop up. Here, I won’t…