Sitting under the wide canopy of a tree can cool you off on a hot summer day and even lower home-energy costs. If your landscape is treeless, the sooner a new tree grows a shady canopy, the better. A ...

It is quick-growing and easily spread by wind, water, and birds. It is difficult to clear out easily – it grows back on its ...

Christmas trees are planted every spring in either March or April and the trees first start dormant. As temperatures warm ...

You don't need to live in the jungle to have this tropical fruit tree in your home. It can simply thrive in a container on the patio out back.

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