It’s been a balmy start to winter in Western Montana and neighboring states (Eastern Idaho, Northern Utah, and Western Wyoming). In addition to a few daily record highs, it’s been […] ...

Congratulations — your temperature-sensitive cherry tree (Prunus spp.) survived the sweltering heat of summer. Now it's time to help it thrive this winter. With cold weather rapidly approaching (hello ...

Anyone who has been outside for awhile in a cheek-freezing dusk, as a cold winter day descends into a frigid arctic night, knows the sound of a tree cracking, as ...

There is an Eastern dogwood tree (Cornus florida) — so-called since it is native to the Eastern US — at the end of my block, which I check on each spring to see if it’s flowering. I can happily report ...