If you have more than one live oak in your landscape, you probably have sprouts emerging from the ground from at least one mature tree and maybe other sprouts spread over the landscape. Some gardeners ...

Sprouts are shooting up around a live oak tree in a yard. The large number of sprouts might be due to freeze damage to the tree from the cold in February. Reader photo By NEIL SPERRY ...

Need a mask, take a mask. That's why Karen Sayles in March began making the face coverings and hanging them on a tree in front of her home in Royal Oak. Already a quilter, she had almost everything ...

DEAR NEIL: I have heard that leaves take in moisture for the trees. At what point in the fall do they stop doing this? Have they been able to utilize the rains we’ve had recently? Dear Reader: Water ...

Q: I live in a rural area that is surrounded by large oak trees. They attract a variety of squirrels and other wildlife. Other than fencing off every tree, is there any way of protecting fruit trees ...

Dear Neil: Last year, we removed all the sprouts from our live oaks. Now, they've resprouted. What can we do to prevent that in the future? A: That's a genetic blemish of probably 10 or 15 percent of ...