In autumn colorful trees take center stage outdoors. Their changing leaves make me pause to admire their beauty. These sentinels signal the change of seasons. Raking their falling leaves give us ...

Every garden is a thing of beauty in the growing seasons -- spring bulbs, summer flowers and fall foliage all carry on with extravagance. But winter is coming, so the colorful garden superstars will ...

When we think of bark on a tree, we tend to compare it to the skin of a human. The primary function of both bark and skin is to protect the material within and beneath it. In Grade 7, we learned that ...