I am having a couple of trees cut down next week. Is it OK to use the wood as firewood? One is a maple and the other is a ...

The revamped cookies are part of a premeditated flavor rampage that Oreo heralded a few weeks ago. It was quite helpful in ...

The easiest way is a cut test. Take random samples of ~10 fruits/seeds and cut them in half to see if solid. Many maples, paper bark, three-flower, and sugar, when cut, are hollow. In the Dirr garden, ...

Snow may look harmless, but for certain plants it can cause lasting harm. Understanding which ones need help can make winter recovery easier for your landscape.

Food allergies cause 2,000 hospitalizations and 150 deaths in the U.S. annually Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022. She has also published ...

Andrea Potischman says she’s “a bit of a cookie fanatic” despite being a former chef who leans more savory than sweet. “I love reimagined classic cookies,” she says, and this is a modern take on a ...

Veteran winger Ryan Reaves said soon after the San Jose Sharks acquired him in July that his final season with the Toronto Maple Leafs wasn’t always the most enjoyable. Roughly five months later, ...

The Toronto Maple Leafs are once again going through a tough stretch on the power play, where they are struggling to maintain momentum on their opportunities. Craig Berube and Marc Savard have tried ...

Before the National Dog Show taped in Philadelphia, it held an off-book barking contest. Here’s what barking tells us about dogs. Wilbur, a beagle owned by Mary Cummings of Endwell, New York, adds his ...

With trees, as with elephants and in swimming, trunks are important. They’re part of trees’ beauty, strength, majesty, and mystique. We have things to discuss. Like people, trunks come in all shapes ...

A: With vertical cracks in the bark along the trunk like that, I suspect those are frost cracks. These commonly happen in maples, which are thin-barked trees. Missouri Botanical Garden explains how ...