Question: We recently had several large trees planted in our yard. The nursery employees who did the work refused, at first, to take off the burlap and wire basket, but after I strongly insisted, they ...

The majority of tree-planting advice suggests removing burlap, baskets and such after the new tree is safely in the hole. Q: I keep hearing conflicting advice on this... when planting a new balled-and ...

The evidence didn’t bear that out, though. Burlap can stay fairly intact for two or three years in the ground. I’ve found it still there that long when examining trees and shrubs that died.

I'm not normally one to whine about the weather. I grew up with bitter cold, snow and ice, so rainy days don't bother me. But after our doozy of a winter, I'm ready for lots of warmth, sunshine and ...