And not just any pecans. Big Valley Pecan Farm in San Saba County, with an asking price of $25 million, belongs to the third-generation heirs of one O.P. Leonard, who was born in northeast Texas at ...

Mexican sycamore, cedar elm species among riskiest trees for residential sewer damage We're seeing local sycamores and ...

Selecting pecan trees is very important when a homeowner is trying to decide what to put in the yard. The homeowner must consider how much management can be given to the tree and how much disease ...

Beneath a shaded canopy of sprawling branches, generations of couples have gathered for photos, proposals and traditions in hope of manifesting good luck and everlasting love. Until last spring, no ...

Microbes could help oak trees cope with environmental change. Publishing in Cell Host & Microbe, a study observing oaks growing in a natural woodland found that the trees' above- and below-ground ...

An old pecan tree in Milton was cut down to allow for intersection improvements. Residents protested the tree's removal, organizing a demonstration and a petition with over 1,200 signatures. The ...

Bare-root fruit trees don’t look like much, but there’s a lot of promise in the dormant plants. Their limbs are free of leaves and their roots have been cleaned of all soil to make shipping them ...

There are several advantages to planting bare-root trees: they are usually less expensive, easier for gardeners to transport, and they will grow their roots entirely into native soil (rather than ...