For most types of trees, "Correct root flare height and exposure is probably the most important consideration when planting," Vaughan says. If planted too deep, the tree won't root into the soil as ...

My grandmother used to collect the fallen branches and dead limbs of trees from her yard every other day or so. She put them in a collection bin. If we helped, we sometimes earned a little bit of ...

Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) saw trees as examples of living prayers. “Silence my soul these trees are prayers. I asked the Tree: Tell me about God -- then it blossomed,” wrote the ...

Could you find the root flare on a tree? Most of us have probably never heard the term, but that particular feature is key to properly planting a tree. A common mistake is to place the root flare too ...