In “109 Below,” a 2023 documentary about a daring three-day rescue on snow-choked and windswept Mount Washington in January, two lost hikers, frostbitten and hypothermic, had given up hope of ...

Winter is tough on fruit trees. Very cold temperatures, heavy snow or ice, pests, and diseases can leave you with damaged or unproductive plants the next year. But if you take the time to winterize ...

Young trees and species with thin bark are especially vulnerable to sunscald. Photo courtesy Getty Images. Welcome to our tree column, “Ask your local arborist.” Each month, arborists from the Davey ...

John Seiler was strolling across Virginia Tech’s campus with his students Thursday morning when something stopped them in their tracks: a sweet cherry tree with an unusual jagged scar running along ...

Question: Our peach tree is starting to bloom, and usually sets fruits, but only a few if any are ever edible due to insects and rot. What should we do to get good fruits? Answer: One blessing of a ...

The Tennessee Environmental Council's annual Tree Day distributed over 62,000 free native tree saplings in March. Requests for trees increased significantly following the destructive January winter ...

Help apples, pears, and other fruit trees survive the cold with these winterizing tips. Remove leaves, windfall fruit, and weeds around trees, and mulch for soil insulation. Protect trees with tree ...