Few shade trees are as distinctive in the home landscape as birch trees. Their unique bark characteristics, distinctive growth form and graceful delicate foliage are reason alone to feature one or ...

Editor's note: Once a month, the OSU Extension master gardener's office of Franklin County profiles a plant that occurs naturally in central Ohio. As the growing season fades, we bid adieu to many of ...

Q. (My) birch tree, planted many years ago, has never really grown full. In the spring, it will get tiny green leaves but (it’s) still very airy and not full foliage. We’ve been told not to prune it.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shady backyard - Chiyacat/Getty Images A tree-shaded lawn is an oasis in the summertime simply because it provides cover from the ...

The omnipresent nature of plastic waste threatens the environment in all sorts of ways, particularly as it is broken down into tiny fragments known as microplastics. This includes contaminating soil ...

Scientists created samples of the black resin using three methods and tested their effectiveness against two common bacteria ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There is an abundance of green flakes coating the sidewalks and cars right now, and it seems hard to avoid the white cottony tufts ...