If you have more than one live oak in your landscape, you probably have sprouts emerging from the ground from at least one mature tree and maybe other sprouts spread over the landscape. Some gardeners ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Acorns develop in 2019 on an oak tree in Amana. Native oak trees can support hundreds of species of ...

You’ve likely seen a squirrel dashing around with an oak tree acorn in its mouth. It may be about to eat lunch, or it may be stowing acorns in its pantry for later meals. But where, exactly, are ...

In backyards across Des Moines, a quiet battle is unfolding between trees and the creatures determined to eat them out of house and branch. Sometimes, even people get caught in the crossfire. Oak ...

J.P. Barsky is really passionate about trees. "We have a number of challenges in our forest. A lot of people just see a giant green wall of things and think that everything is fantastic, when in ...

Maybe you’ve been plonked on the head one too many times while out in the woods. Or you’ve come across a patch of forest floor that made it feel like you were walking on marbles. If either of these ...

Forester and researcher, Joseph Barsky of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, surveys oak tree acorn production at Sleeping Giant State Park in Hamden. Aug. 20, 2024. Credit: Dave Wurtzel ...