So you've chopped down an annoying tree, and all that's left is a big stump in the middle of your yard. Burning it may seem ...

There’s a sense of triumphant accomplishment that comes from cutting down dead or unwanted trees. (Not to mention the thrill of yelling, “Timber!”) But that feeling fades pretty quickly when you look ...

A tree can be cut down in an afternoon, but its stump lingers like unfinished business. You could call in the professionals with their roaring grinders or pour chemicals into the soil and wait months ...

A proposal to relocate the Riverside Stump Dump drew dozens of residents to a Buncombe County Board of Adjustments meeting ...

Tree removal can be a pain, especially if you're dealing with a pretty sizeable one. You have to trim branches and remove them from the area, cut the tree trunk down to size — tasks that can be helped ...

After the whole realization about Santa, one of the hardest truths to swallow about Christmas is the personal responsibility for the large-scale tree murder. It dawned on me, as an eight-year-old ...

A tree stump that should have died is being kept alive by neighbouring trees that are funnelling water and nutrients to it through an interconnected root system. The finding adds to a growing ...

Question: Can I plant grass over soil where a newly removed stump was ground out? Answer: We generally don't want to plant new trees or turf immediately over the top of existing stumps in landscapes.

Pat Neal is a Hoh River fishing and rafting guide and “wilderness gossip columnist” whose column appears here every Wednesday. He can be reached at 360-683-9867 or by email via ...

I wrote a column in February about stump pullers used in pioneer days as land was prepared for plowing and planting. After reading my column, George Drontle of Richmond called me. He told me he owned ...