Barking up the right tree: 80 photos were sent in by 15 readers displaying their skills with images of trees. Here are the ...

For Joseph Hey of Stockton it was a dark and stormy day when he saw his leafless elm tree in his front yard. With his Samsung ... Lodi photographed a majestic redwood tree in the Stanislaus ...

The home at 410 North Hope Avenue sits on the site of a 20-acre ranch dating back to the early 1900s, known as Lemon Acres.

As you study photographs of decorative posts, note how the geometry of the cuts is often created using simple 45 or 30-degree angles. Common circular saws can be set to create these angles. If you ...

Perched up on a hill, this home is surrounded by a nearly one-acre park-like lot with mature trees and shrubbery surrounding the property. The three-story home has a timeless English Tudor revival ...

Visit Redwood National and State Parks in northern California and you can wander shaded forest trails lit by pale sunlight ...

End of winter is a good time to check your trees to figure out if there’s anything you could – or should – be doing to head off brewing trouble. Branch and trunk defects are easier to see ...

Menzel had come upon the story of Julia Butterfly Hill, an environmental activist who lived in a California redwood tree for more than two years from 1997 to 1999 to save it from being cut down by ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

Ruth Stout didn’t plow, dig, water, or weed—and now her “no-work” method is everywhere. But behind her secret to the perfect ...