MY YARD IS FULL of eastern white pine trees, and every three years or so, it is full of pine cones. This is one of those years. Pine cones have fallen all over the yard, the sidewalk, the driveway.

Fallen seeds and seed pods can be a major nuisance, but proper identification can make it easier to learn how (and if) you ...

Red-breasted nuthatches, like the one hiding seeds under the white pine’s bark, typically stay in cold climates. They employ ...

Most of us are probably within arm’s length of a piece of Pinus strobus secondary xylem, more casually called white pine wood. One should not be timid of speaking formally of white pine; it was ...

The classic and trusted book “Fifty Common Trees of Indiana” by T.E. Shaw was published in 1956 as a user-friendly guide to local species. Nearly 70 years later, the publication has been updated ...