Don't hang up your trowel just yet. Ticking off end-of-year gardening jobs will guarantee a blooming plot next spring (even if it means wrapping up in extra layers when you head outside). A great task ...

There is symbolism in just about everything you can dream up. What part of that — and how it applies to your life situation — is what you need to figure out? Dear Dream Retriever: A little background ...

Driving down a wooded lane recently, I remarked on the striking contrast between the deep green pines and the snow-white bark of our native white birches (Betula papyrifera). Several kinds of birches ...

The Marion E. Brooks Natural Area in the Quehanna Wild Area in Elk County is one of the largest stands of white birch in Pennsylvania, which is the southern extent of the range of that northern tree.

Walking along the banks of a river, through a young forest, or along a city street, there is a tree that stands out from the rest. At first glance it might appear to be just another paper birch, but ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Seeing a stand of beautiful birch trees in the Cloquet State Forest is worth the drive up north. "To grow a tree that's say 3-inches in diameter might take 8-12 years," says Doug ...