Dear Neil: I’ve just bought a piece of rural property where we would like to build a house. Our choice of locations has three big bois d’arc trees located in what would become our landscape. Should ...

A: You'll hear many people malign bois d'arc trees, but there are durable, pest-free trees. Their main problems are the large, messy fruit, thorns and their rugged good looks. If you can accept the ...

The bright, lime green balls in the winter botanic display of pinecones and pine boughs are 100% natural, not the plastic or shiny metal ornamental balls that are hung from Christmas trees. These lime ...

Yes, but it would be important to crush them or chop them up before adding them to the pile. Running over them with a car or truck in the driveway works well, by the way. There is a lot of this going ...

SCHULTER -- Inside every bois d'arc tree, a longbow is waiting to emerge. Knowing how to craft one is easy compared with coaxing the bow out of the tree, says Mike Berryhill, a Muscogee (Creek) Indian ...

Tom Green County Commissioners Court listened to a presentation on moving forward to harvest wood from the fallen bois d’arc tree, which stood on the east side of the courthouse for more than 135 ...