As a former realtor, general contractor and greenhouse operator, Kristi has touched nearly all aspects of homeownership, from the foundation up. Today, Kristi is a full-time investing and real estate ...

The cool season from November through February is an excellent time to plant hardy trees, shrubs and ground covers in our area. That makes the next few weeks a great time for planning landscaping ...

Winter can be the good time to evaluate your home landscape and make plans for planting new trees and shrubs when spring arrives. The starkness of the winter landscape, especially under a blanket of ...

Purdue Landscape Report: It’s that wonderful time of year again where temps are rising, life is coming back into the landscape, and people are thinking about how to improve the urban canopy around ...

LIFE IS BETTER with trees. Especially if you live in a city, where people and pavement create what’s known as an Urban Heat Island effect, isolated areas that are measurably hotter than surrounding ...

In Louisiana, we celebrate Arbor Day each year on the third Friday in January. This date is set aside as a time to celebrate trees by planting them. I think it is also appropriate to appreciate the ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Our recent column, “Thoughts about trees,” described the large trees in my garden, provided basic guidelines for tree care and promised a column about the ...