I love the look and smell of a real Christmas tree, but I do not love crawling on my hands and knees every two days, wrestling with branches like I’m in some sort of festive jungle just to pour water ...

Nothing gets you in the holiday spirit quite like putting up a real Christmas tree—whether you journey to a Christmas tree farm to chop one down or have one delivered. One of the best part of having a ...

Winter is here, but gardening questions keep coming in to Ask an Expert, an online question-and-answer tool from Oregon State University’s Extension Service. OSU Extension faculty and Master Gardeners ...

We could use a good rain, to put it mildly. Much of the region is in severe drought. Trees are deeply affected during drought years. Have you ever seen the cut-down stump of a very old tree, and ...

A new tree planted along a street or in a park often has an odd-looking accessory: a watering bag. It’s a green or brown bag made of heavy plastic sitting at the base of the tree, usually secured with ...