Purdue Landscape Report: Trees provide many benefits for our homes and properties. If a tree is found to have a defect such as dead branches or broken limbs from a storm; it can become a risk issue.

Barber advises protecting young trees with cages—and then keeping them protected for years. His preferred method is a cylinder of heavy-gauge galvanized welded-wire fencing, five to six feet high, ...

Purdue Landscape Report: So, what do trees do in the winter? Do they freeze up like unprotected water pipes? Or burst when it gets below freezing? Yes, the below-ground parts of a tree are kept ...

Nick is a writer with nearly a decade of experience in the home improvement industry. Now one of Forbes Home’s in-house writers, he previously wrote for Forbes Home as a freelance writer. He has ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Tree and yard owners are often faced with the problem of a tree's exposed ...

Christmas is nearly here and you’re thinking about presents, house decorations and putting up a tree. What’s your tree plan this year? Lugging home a Christmas tree and decorating it in the living ...

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Trees are believed ...

Christmas is nearly here and you’re thinking about presents, house decorations and putting up a tree. What’s your tree plan this year? Lugging home a Christmas tree and decorating it in the living ...