Planting pine trees was seen as a valuable option for farmers back in the day. In 1925, this was “strikingly proved” by a ...

By using the fatwood section of a pine tree, the area of wood that contains resin, you will access highly flammable material. This is a near-perfect method for fire starting. To use this material ...

This week on ID That Tree, Purdue Extension forester Lenny Farlee introduces you to another Indiana conifer, one that is found natively on dry hillsides in two southern counties near the Ohio River, ...

If you were to slice into one of those logs, you’d see a lovely blue stain seeping through the yellow wood. It’s a telltale sign of a tree that was killed by mountain pine beetles, and it has ...