On a promontory above Puget Sound, a Douglas fir with arms bent at right angles stands above a quiet cove, where shellfish would have been gathered, long before this place was settled by newcomers.

For the descendants of Mexican immigrant Francisco Robles, the business of selling pumpkins and, at the moment, Christmas ...

SYLVAN TOWNSHIP -- Sap, sawdust and the Christmas spirit are in the air on the border of Jackson County. Arend Tree Farms, a fourth-generation family-owned Christmas tree farm at 3512 Notten Road in ...

CHARLESTON COUNTY, S.C. (WCIV) — The Sea Islands' sacred place is being preserved for many more years to come. Lowcountry Land Trust is protecting the iconic Angel Oak Tree on Johns Island with the ...

We moved to Missouri back in 1986, and lived in the city limits of Scott City for several years. But in the early 1990s we moved outside of the city limits to a small place with several acres. The ...

A Cuban philosopher once expressed what everyone ought to do before they die: “Plant a tree, write a book, have a child.” I have planted a number of trees in my life, so at age 72, I better get busy ...

Throughout the month of April, residents observe Arbor Day -- the conservation holiday that encourages planting trees -- with tree seedlings given out in fourth-grade classrooms and at a Columbia ...

A few years ago, an old lemon tree that towered in the garden of my parents’ house died, but before it did, the tree left us with a parting gift––a new sprouting lemon tree that grew right next to it.

In a corner of our backyard patio, we enjoy a strawberry arbutus tree (Arbutus unedo) with a canopy that provides shade for us and home for several generations of hummingbirds. We planted it 10 years ...

Thirteen million people and 11 generations later, researchers have mapped out what may be the largest family tree to date. And now to what's considered the largest family tree ever scientifically ...

When stately old trees are taken down, many mourn the loss. We must all do our part to be sure we’re planting native trees to replace those taken down when progress wins over nature. Heather Cwach ...