Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Removing the dead and injured bark from around the wound with a sharp knife ...

Question for Dan Gill: Recently I had a large Shumard oak tree planted by a local nursery. In the process of planting, they damaged a small section (five inches by six inches) of the bark, about a ...

Q: Some animal - I think maybe a vole - chewed the bark off of one side of the bottom of my new crabapple tree last winter. Oddly enough, the damage happened about a foot off the ground. The tree ...

Do you have a tree with a dead, damaged, badly placed or rotting branch that needs to be pruned off? To avoid danger to yourself and damage to the tree, plan carefully before you cut. “Wood is heavy,” ...