That’s what the tree guy said to me in answer to my questions regarding, mostly, his own safety. This same guy is at the moment taking down a 150-year-old oak whose demise has been under way for about ...

Q: I don't know what this is on my oak tree, but is it anything I should be concerned about (see reader's photo)? Should I spray with something? A: Unfortunately, I suspect your tree has hypoxylon ...

My wife and I just enjoyed hosting a family reunion at our home. I think everyone enjoyed themselves but many of them showed concern for the dead oak branches above the deck. My lawyer nephew even ...

Q: This oak was planted a few years ago. Initially it was diagnosed with sun scald. Despite measures to try to help it, it just seems to be going downhill. When it budded out this spring there was new ...

ESCONDIDO, Calif. — An Escondido man needs your help to plant twenty thousand oak trees. In this Zevely Zone, I follow up on a dream that continues to grow. With the passing of President Jimmy Carter ...

Oak trees around Minnesota have suffered from bouts of heavy precipitation and drought — conditions that make them more vulnerable to two-lined chestnut borer, a beetle that eats the inner bark of oak ...