Probably the most common “winter job” on the golf course is tree management, at least for golf facilities with any considerable tree population. However, many golf facilities have cut the tree ...

Courses throughout the region are continuing to concentrate efforts on fall cleanup. As the remainder of leaves drop, superintendents are taking steps to protect turf going into the winter. A common ...

Trees add significant value to our landscapes, but sometimes trees can become somewhat problematic in their crown, trunk, or roots. Also, when nurturing newly planted trees, some strategic pruning in ...

Winter is the perfect time to prune oak trees. Oak trees are special for many reasons: they’re Iowa’s state tree, they’re important to our ecosystem and — they shouldn’t be pruned during the spring ...

Howard Garrett / Special Contributor Is it time to thin trees, cut off the lower limbs and perform other pruning jobs? My answers to these common questions might surprise you. Late winter is a good ...

A thinning cut removes the branch at its junction with the trunk or limb. This type of cut is demonstrated on a tree in early spring at the University of Maine Agriculture and Forest Experiment ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A tree with vertical branches - SandaloFilms/Shutterstock Keeping up with your lawn and garden ...