A sad fact of life is that sometimes a tree must be cut down. Some trees are beset by invasive insects or disease, others may be mangled by storms and some die from environmental stress or old age.

Q: We had to have a tree removed in our boulevard. If we want to put a new tree where that one was, can we do it right after the stump is ground, or do we have to wait six months for the roots to die?

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 ...

It's one thing to cut down an old tree, and another (challenging) thing entirely to remove the stump that gets left behind.

When removing a tree from your property, having the trunk and canopy cut off is just the first step of this involved (and sometimes dangerous) task. It's common to have a plan for cutting the tree ...

Gardeners who have tree stumps rotting in their garden have been urged not to touch it this winter or next spring either. After a couple of months of winter, most of our gardens are now full of all ...