Oak trees are some of the most beautiful and beneficial trees you can have in the landscape. When given enough space to grow, ...

Lying under the canopy of an oak tree, you're hit over and over. The trees aren't out to get you. Learn the theories as to ...

Our guide to mast years - when there are surplus of seeds like acorns on the ground - which typically happen every five to ten years.

Although it's the second full week of November, David and I are still eating tomatoes from our garden. Several weeks ago, right before the first killing frost, I picked as many green ones as I could ...

Squirrels rejoice - this autumn could be on for a bumper crop of nuts and acorns as a 2025 mast year results in an abundant ...

While the summer is a busy season of fitting everything in, fall brings a different type of bustle. It’s back to school, back ...

If the squirrels seem happier than usual these days, it's because this has been a bumper year for acorns. We're not talking about just a few extra of the hard, woody capsules. The oak trees are ...

Looking to bring life to a waterlogged backyard? This towering oak variety could be the key to transforming damp soil into ...

They are one of the telltale signs that autumn is finally arriving. It feels like just yesterday we were all enjoying another ...

This subject should have appeared last fall. Our giant northern red oak had a massive crop of acorns — the largest crop ever — for this giant tree planted around 1970. At that time, the young tree was ...

Marin natives Kirsten and Todd Brockman love their oak tree so much that they gave it a name — Mother Treesa. “She welcomes people to our house, standing so gracefully at the street’s edge,” says ...

A Salisbury resident emailed me last week and was concerned about his oak trees. They were doing quite well but had no acorns for the past two seasons. He was wondering if there was a problem with his ...