I live in an older home – one built before the widespread use of central air conditioning. And, from my experience over the past four decades, previous generations had a pretty clever way of staying ...

I recently bought two 12-foot shade trees in large containers. Do I need to stake them? How long? My neighbor still has stakes on some trees planted two or three years ago. It sounds like you have not ...

This week we celebrate Louisiana Arbor Day (the third Friday in January), the traditional time we celebrate trees by planting them. And plant them we should — trees provide a wide variety of benefits ...