Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

If you decide your young tree should be staked, do so only for one year. Although you’ll often see trees staked with wire and rubber, this is not a recommended practice. You should use a biodegradable ...

Conservation volunteers have been deployed to a North Yorkshire beauty spot to tackle the unintended consequences of vital hedgerow planting. The Howardian Hills National Landscape, formerly known as ...

Pennsylvania’s deer were a plague to Jim Saunders’ 35-acre Albany Township orchard, but he didn’t watch quietly as they devoured his fruit trees. Instead, he invented his own tree guards, known as ...