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15 Things You Should Not Do When Cutting Down a Tree

When felling a tree, it is imperative that you take the necessary precautions (and avoid these no-nos) to keep you and the structures around you safe. Focus and proper techniques are the key points ...
KIVI-TV

Nampa cuts down 60-foot evergreen from neighborhood yard to serve as city's Christmas tree

From neighborhood yard to city centerpiece! Nampa's 2024 Christmas tree came from an unexpected source. See how this 60-foot ...

Resident devastated as city project endangers decades-old property feature: 'I really want to fight hard'

A frustrated homeowner took to Reddit's r/treelaw community to plead for help after learning that a city construction project ...
IEEE Spectrum on MSN

Inside the Massive Effort to Sequence All of Europe’s Lepidoptera

It’s a little after 6:30 on a brisk July morning in a stone hut high in the Italian Alps. A gently hissing wood fire is ...

Dear Abby: Can we ask neighbors if they’d let us pay to have a tree removed from their property?

People can be prickly about their property. But maybe they wouldn’t mind someone else covering a likely inevitable cost.
Beaver County Times on MSN

Over the Garden Gate: Planting your new tree

Planting depth is critical. To determine the proper planting depth, locate the root flare of your tree, which is where the ...
mlive

Dear Abby: We want to pay to get our neighbor’s tree removed

People can be prickly about their property. But maybe they wouldn’t mind someone else covering what is probably an inevitable ...

Dear Abby: Is there a polite way to pressure the neighbors to remove their old, dying tree?

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips.